The Call of God

The Call of God

1926 · 87 min · ★ 1.0 · Drama

A young man meets a girl in a village overlooking a desert area. They get to know each other and meet frequently. After a while, the young man, the girl's fiancé, meets another girl from a foreign country and proposes to her after the foreign girl succeeds in keeping the young man away from his first love. The people of the village learn that the girl is pregnant from her fiancé, so they expel her from the village.

Directed by Aziza Amir · Written by Stephan Rosti

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