Hidden Lives is a 1920

1920 in film

The year 1920 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* November 27 - The Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks opens.-Top grossing films :-Films released in 1920:U.S.A. unless stated*The $1,000,000 Reward...

 Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 silent film

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 directed by Maurits Binger

Maurits Binger

Maurits Binger was a Dutch film director, producer and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 39 films between 1913 and 1922 and is considered one of the pioneers of fictional films in the Netherlands...

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Cast

• Annie Bos
  Annie Bos
  Johanna "Annie" Bos was a Dutch theater and silent film actress, known as Holland's first movie star and diva....
  
   - Rose Arundel (as Anna Bosilova)
• Adelqui Migliar
  Adelqui Migliar
  Adelqui Migliar , also known als Adelqui Millar, was a Chilean film actor, director, writer and producer. He appeared in 31 silent films between 1916 and 1928. He also directed 24 films between 1922 and 1954....
  
   - Professor Arundel
• Renee Spiljar - Dora
• Lola Cornero
  Lola Cornero
  Lola Cornero was a Dutch film actress of the silent era. She appeared in 17 films between 1916 and 1920.-Filmography:* John Heriot's Wife * As God Made Her * Het verborgen leven...
  
  
• Harry Waghalter - Godowski, een pianist
• Bert Darley - Captain Robert Carey
• Carl Tobi
• Leni Marcus
• Aafje Schutte
• Ernst Winar
  Ernst Winar
  Ernst Winar was a Dutch actor and film director. He appeared in 34 films between 1916 and 1955...
  
  

Plot

Arundel is an ambitious professor who is working on a book on the evolution of the female. He does this at the expense of neglecting his beautiful wife Rose. Rose is fed up with the lack of attention and being only an object. She does not know how to get through to him however.
One day she meets an old flame Lt Robert Carey. She had thought their passion was over but it is reignited. They renew their friendship and spent all their time together. Though a friend of her husband Godowski tries to seduce Rose, he does not succeed as Rose has only eye for Carey. Godowski eventually realises this.

Six years pass by and Carey has been out of Rose’s life for some time but upon his return he tries to contact Rose. Rose has been fulfilling her role as the mother of five year old Dora. The professor has drastically changed in this time and he has given up his career, vesting all his attention on his wife and daughter. As Rose meets Carey again, she admits that her heart belongs to him and she admits that Carey is the father of the child.

Carey demands that Rose leaves her husband but Rose does not dare to do this. Carey writes her a letter threatening to leave for India if she does not leave her husband. Being desperate, she loses the letter which Godowski later finds and uses to blackmail Rose. Rose tells Carey that it is best if he leaves for India. Carey who is unable to accept this news decides to end his life. As Rose hears this, she collapse. She tells the truth to her husband who is furious and leaves her. Both their lives are for a time one of loneliness but they are reunited when Doris falls seriously ill.