Hypocrites (found drama film; 1915)

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Still from a scene of the film.

Status: Found

Date found: 20 Aug '16

Found by: The Library Of Congress

(The) Hypocrites is a 1915 silent film directed by female director Lois Weber. The film is best known for it's religious nature, special effects, and controversy concerning scenes of nudity.

Plot

The films follows a preacher in Paris who gives a sermon concerning hypocrisy in his church. The crowd listening to his sermon becomes bored with the message with the exception of one woman who takes in everything he states. After the crowd disbands after the sermon, the preacher sits down to read the newspaper, and ultimately falls asleep. When the preacher awakes, he discovers he is a medieval monk who is working on his statue "Truth". When he reveals the statue to the King and Queen, the audience become enraged that the statue is of a nude woman, and execute the monk. When the monk dies, the statue disappears, and he awakes once again to see "Naked Truth" guide's him through all of humanity's hypocrisies to the Gate of Truth as the parish comes to learn of the preacher's death[1].

Availability

While the film survives in a print held by The Library Of Congress, a few scenes from the beginning of the film suffered greatly from silver nitrate decomposition. About two to three minutes worth of material is now considered non-restorable, albeit still watchable. The Library Of Congress has been putting forth a search for a better looking copy, but for now, their slightly damaged version is all that has survived.

Gallery

Hypocrites

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