Stronger Than Death
Cast & Crew
Herbert Blaché
Nazimova
Charles Bryant
Charles K. French
Margaret Mcwade
Herbert Prior
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
World-famous dancer Sigrid Fersen, informed that she will die from a heart attack if she performs again, travels to Gaya, a British army post in India, to find a wealthy husband. There she falls in love with the commander's son, Major Tristan Boucicault, who has devoted his life to helping the natives of a neighboring village fight the menace of cholera. When Tristam faces a possible court-martial for justifiably striking his brutal father, Sigrid buys the silence of James Barclay, a half-caste social outcast who witnessed the affair, by becoming his wife in name only. Angered by his wife's coldness, Barclay incites the native soldiers to insurrection, which Sigrid quells by mesmerizing them with her dancing, and thus delaying the rebellion until Tristam has time to warn the commandant. Barclay is killed in the ensuing battle and Sigrid, believing that she will die from her exertion, collapses only to awaken in the arms of the man she loves.
Director
Herbert Blaché
Cast
Nazimova
Charles Bryant
Charles K. French
Margaret Mcwade
Herbert Prior
William Orlamond
Milla Davenport
Bhogwan Singh
Henry Harmon
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
The working title of this film was The Hermit Doctor of Gaya. According to news items, Carré supervised the construction of a recreation of an entire Vishnu temple in the foothills of Hollywood. According to a modern source, Alice Guy Blaché worked as an assistant director on the film.
