The Cardinal's Conspiracy

The Cardinal's Conspiracy

NR 1909 · 16 min · ★ 3.7 · Drama

A royal woman rejects her arranged marriage. The cardinal hatches a plan: the suitor will shave and change clothes. He arranges with 4 clowns to stage an attack on the princess which he easily repels. It works; the princess falls for him, especially when the cardinal arranges his arrest.

Directed by D.W. Griffith

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