The White Sister (1923)

Angela Chiaromonte is the daughter of a wealthy Italian prince who is killed in a fall from his horse. Though Angela stands to inherit half of a large estate, her older half-sister burns the will and thus inherits everything herself, throwing Angela into poverty. Fortunately, Angela is engaged to marry dashing Captain Giovanni Severi - but he soon is captured by Arabs while on an expedition to Africa. Believing him dead, Angela, dedicating her life to his memory, becomes a nun, unaware that her lover has escaped his captors and is returning to Italy. The dramatic climax takes place against a backdrop of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

Released Sept. 5, 1923 135 min None+

Genres: Drama, Romance

Keywords: tmdb.nun, tmdb.volcano, tmdb.natural-disaster, tmdb.silent-film, tmdb.catholicism, tmdb.convent-nunnery, tmdb.religious-vow + 102 more, tmdb.vesuvius, tmdb.ordination, tmdb.holy-orders, tmdb.spite, imdb.dam-breaks, imdb.based-on-the-novel-of-the-same-name, imdb.catholic-bishop, imdb.catholic-convent, imdb.catholic-nun, imdb.based-on-play-by-same-name, imdb.volcanic-eruption, imdb.year-1906, imdb.nobility, imdb.army-captain, imdb.italian-army, imdb.spurned-woman, imdb.thrown-out-of-one-s-home, imdb.catholic-hospital, imdb.painter-as-artist, imdb.2-years-later, imdb.escape-from-prison, imdb.man-believed-dead-is-alive, imdb.prisoner-of-war, imdb.minister-of-war, imdb.observatory, imdb.petition, imdb.mount-vesuvius-italy, imdb.military-officer, imdb.mother-superior, imdb.archbishop, imdb.bedouin-chief, imdb.horse-drawn-carriage, imdb.army-engineer, imdb.catatonia, imdb.water-reservoir, imdb.arabian-desert, imdb.brother-brother-relationship, imdb.volcanologist, imdb.novitiate, imdb.religious-drama, imdb.doomed-romance, imdb.lost-love, imdb.star-crossed-lovers, imdb.nun-taking-vows, imdb.runaway-carriage, imdb.vehicle-goes-over-a-cliff, imdb.pistol, imdb.dying-confession, imdb.flash-flood, imdb.taking-refuge-in-a-church, imdb.heroic-death, imdb.forgiveness, imdb.death-of-loved-one, imdb.desert-expedition, imdb.betrayal-by-woman, imdb.half-sister-half-sister-conflict, imdb.governess, imdb.desert-bandits, imdb.death-by-drowning, imdb.framed-portrait-painting, imdb.stolen-inheritance, imdb.false-report-of-death, imdb.disaster-drama, imdb.remake, imdb.fortune-hunter, imdb.portrait-of-fiance, imdb.wartime-romance, imdb.camel-riding, imdb.burning-a-last-will-and-testament, imdb.death-of-fiance, imdb.gypsy-music, imdb.mistress, imdb.military-expedition, imdb.papal-dispensation, imdb.carriage-crash, imdb.fox-hunting, imdb.fatal-fall-from-horse, imdb.stepbrother-stepsister-reunion, imdb.wartime-separation, imdb.desert-landscape, imdb.romantic-reunion, imdb.race-against-time, imdb.disguise, imdb.prince, imdb.producer-director, imdb.female-swindler, imdb.act-of-desperation, imdb.cheated-out-of-inheritance, imdb.evacuation-attempt, imdb.stepsister-hates-stepsister, imdb.self-sacrifice, imdb.penniless-woman, imdb.deception, imdb.f-rated, imdb.italy, imdb.female-protagonist, imdb.monsignor, imdb.catholic-priest, imdb.nunhood, imdb.death-of-father, imdb.independent-film, aspectratio.1-33-1