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Civilization's Child (1916)

After an idyllic mountain life in Russia, Berna goes to live with her uncle in the Jewish section of Kiev, arriving just as Cossacks massacre most of the Jews in the city. Berna escapes to New York and works at a sweatshop controlled by Boss Jim McManus, but he seduces her, then throws her out on the street, and she becomes a prostitute. Berna later marries Nicolay Turgenev, a young musician,

Release: 1916-04-23
Runtime: 50 min
Cast
William H. Thompson
William H. Thompson
Boss Jim McManus
Anna Lehr
Anna Lehr
Berna
Jack Standing
Jack Standing
Nicolay Turgenev
Dorothy Dalton
Dorothy Dalton
Ellen McManus
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Clyde Benson
Jacob Weil