A preacher, a war, and a love he won't claim — the ultimate 1925 emotional gut-punch you've literally never seen.
Clergyman Peter leaves the pulpit to enter World War I to be near Julie, the woman he loves. They are separated, but after the war she nurses him through a long illness. He will not marry her because it would hinder the humanitarian work that he plans. She keeps her faith in him, which prompts him to return to her and marry her. A lost film.
Acting
Marie Prevost's suffering-in-silence face carries entire missing reels.
Production
Harry Beaumont's WWI battlefield staging reportedly cost MGM a fortune.
Director
Harry Beaumont
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Marie Prevost's career imploded spectacularly during the transition to sound; she died alone in 1937, her body discovered by her dachshund.
The 'lost film' status makes *Recompense* a ghost — reconstructed in 2010 using 200+ stills and intertitles, so you're watching a cinematic séance.
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