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It is not often that a picture, illustrating a great poet's idea, is so successful as this is in interpreting in pictures Heine's poem, "The Pilgrimage." The leaders use a translation that has clearness and accuracy; but the pictures are far more successful; they seem to have got the very spirit of the poem. The scenario writer deserves praise for the scene arrangement and the producer deserves praise for the handling of the scenes; they are full of grace. The posed statue of the Madonna in it is simple and beautiful. Gretchen, William's sweetheart, will most surely get a strong hold of the spectators' sympathies. Her acting is lovely, and she, herself, fills the part perfectly. The lover acts in a worthy, manly way. The object of the picture is to excite sympathy, then pity and then to console it. The camera work is beautiful. It is an unusually commendable picture. - The Moving Picture World, June 1, 1912