The Despoiler
Cast & Crew
Reginald Barker
Frank Keenan
Enid Markey
Charles K. French
Roy Laidlaw
Fanny Midgley
Film Details
Synopsis
In war-torn Europe, Colonel Damien seizes an enemy town, then to persuade the defeated soldiers to give up their ill-gotten money, the Emir of Balkania, commander of the supporting native troops, threatens to unleash his men on the women who are staying in the town abbey. After giving the captured men a payment deadline, Damien collapses in a chair and falls asleep. As he sleeps, the emir goes to the abbey where Sylvia, the colonel's daughter, is staying in secret. He offers to free the other women in exchange for her sexual favors, but after complying with his demands, she shoots and kills him. When Damien discovers the emir's corpse, he orders the assassin shot, and covered in a veil, Sylvia is promptly executed. After her body is identified, the colonel is overcome with grief. Finally, he wakes up in his armchair and, realizing the tragedy was only a dream, orders his troops to leave the town in peace.
Director
Reginald Barker
Cast
Frank Keenan
Enid Markey
Charles K. French
Roy Laidlaw
Fanny Midgley
Agnes Herring
J. Frank Burke
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This film was copyrighted under the title War's Women and May have been released under this title to the state rights market after it played on the Triangle program at the Knickerbocker Theater in New York in December 1915. A revised version of the film was re-issued in early 1917. The revision was due to an injunction filed against the film by the New York State Court, which, acting upon charges from local organizations, declared the film immoral. This film was also reviewed under the title The Despoilers. It was re-released in January 1920 by the Lenox Film Corp. with the title The Awakening.
