The Little Dutch Girl

The Little Dutch Girl

Founded on Ouida's Novel of Compelling Charm, "Two Little Wooden Shoes."

1915 · 50 min · Drama

The old gardener, attracted by the ducks' antics, goes to the lake to find a basket with a baby in it. He becomes her guardian but passes away when she is fourteen, leaving her the house and garden. Beloved by the woodsman Jean, one day Lionel, a famous painter, approaches her to be his model, and she accepts. Eventually she finds herself torn between the two men.

Directed by Émile Chautard

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