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The Unchanging Sea

The Unchanging Sea

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 5, 1910

Runtime

0h 14m

Genres

Drama

User Score

65%

Original Title

The Unchanging Sea

Production Companies

American Mutoscope & Biograph

Director

D.W. Griffith

Description

In this story set at a seaside fishing village and inspired by a Charles Kingsley poem, a young couple's happy life is turned about by an accident. The husband, although saved from drowning, loses his memory. A child is on the way, and soon a daughter is born to his wife. We watch the passage of time, as his daughter matures and his wife ages. The daughter becomes a lovely young woman, herself ready for marriage. One day on the beach, the familiarity of the sea and the surroundings triggers a return of her father's memory, and we are reminded that although people age and change, the sea and the ways of the fisherfolk remain eternal.