105-year-old Swedish seduction? This silent short is more scandalous than your Hinge dates.
A sea captain travels to the foreign port of San Lucas and collects a large sum of money, where he meets with a beautiful woman...and trouble.
Direction
Stiller crafts tension without sound—pure visual storytelling.
Acting
Almroth's eyes do what dialogue can't in 1916.
Director
Mauritz Stiller
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
San Lucas as 'exotic' port reflects Sweden's anxiety about global trade and moral contamination.
Most prints destroyed; surviving version held by Svenska Filminstitutet, rarely screened outside Nordic archives.
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