Inspired by a poem by Charles Kingsley, this is a touching tale of love lost and found from D.W. Griffith.
Set in a small fishing community, a young wife says farewell to her husband as he sets out to sea. However, his small boat is lost and she presumes him to be drowned. Years pass by and their daughter grows up to find love and to marry whilst all of the time the "widow" continues to grieve. However, her husband did not die but was washed up upon the shore with amnesia further up the coast. As she stares out upon the abyss that took her love, he once again sets out to sea.
Charming in its simplicity and boasting some crisp photography, The Unchanging Sea is a gentle early short in which Griffith (like in his masterpiece Broken Blossoms) imbues his love story with a tenderness and minimalism not often associated with the often histrionic early silent cinema.
Set in a small fishing community, a young wife says farewell to her husband as he sets out to sea. However, his small boat is lost and she presumes him to be drowned. Years pass by and their daughter grows up to find love and to marry whilst all of the time the "widow" continues to grieve. However, her husband did not die but was washed up upon the shore with amnesia further up the coast. As she stares out upon the abyss that took her love, he once again sets out to sea.
Charming in its simplicity and boasting some crisp photography, The Unchanging Sea is a gentle early short in which Griffith (like in his masterpiece Broken Blossoms) imbues his love story with a tenderness and minimalism not often associated with the often histrionic early silent cinema.