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The Absentee

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Dries, a farmer and a widower, lives with his mother-in-law Grietje and his son Peter. He falls in love with Minna, a widow, and marries her despite the opposition of his family and friends. In anger his son Peter leaves home to enlist,…

DirectorAlbert Capellani

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Cast · Directed by Albert Capellani

HÉHenri Étiévant
Henri Étiévant
Dries Schoonejans
HRHenri Rollan
Henri Rollan
Peter Schoonejans
JGJeanne Grumbach
Jeanne Grumbach
Schoonmoeder Grietje / Mother-in-law Grietje
GDGermaine Dermoz
Germaine Dermoz
Minna Petrus
RD
Raymonde Dupré
Dina
HC
Henri Collen

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The Absentee hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around June 20, 1913. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.