The Unchanging Sea

The Unchanging Sea

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Drama

The Unchanging Sea

DIRECTED BYD.W. Griffith14mins1910

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.

Other films by D.W. Griffith

The Birth of a Nation
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Orphans of the Storm
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

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