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His Wife, the Unknown

5.819231h 17mMovieDramaRomance

A war blind painter marries his nurse. But after he can see again through an operation, he does not recognize her. Then she decides to leave him in order to return to his service under a different name. Only when the painter falls in love with her as a stranger to him, she reveal herself.

DirectorBenjamin Christensen
WriterBenjamin Christensen
ProducerErich Pommer

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Cast · Directed by Benjamin Christensen

WFWilly Fritsch
Willy Fritsch
Wilbur Crawford
LDLil Dagover
Lil Dagover
Eva
EE
Edith Edwards
Mabel
KF
Karl Falkenberg
Sam
JFJaro Fürth
Jaro Fürth
Polizeikommissar
MRMaria Reisenhofer
Maria Reisenhofer
Crawfords Mutter
MW
Maria Wefers
Esther
ML
Martin Lübbert
Jack
PRPaul Rehkopf
Paul Rehkopf
Detektiv
MS
Mathilde Sussin
Frau Hurst

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His Wife, the Unknown isn't streaming anywhere in Australia yet.

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His Wife, the Unknown hasn't started streaming in Australia yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around December 7, 1923. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.