The Mother and the Law (1919)

• Drama
• Crime

A re-edited version of the fourth episode of Intolerance (1916); two youth are made homeless by a strike, and struggle valiantly to survive their desolate situation, which worsens as reform-minded citizens remove the couple's child from their care and the young father is falsely accused and convicted of murder.

Rating

6.5 / 10 (10 votes)

Release date

August 18, 1919

Runtime

1h 39m

Language

English

Director

D.W. Griffith

Status

Released