For the first two thirds this German silent drama - presumably set in Britain since the 'Votes for Women' placards are all in English - is a bit of a chore to sit through; but it then gathers momentum.
The suffragettes as usual - with the exception of an imposing Asta Nielsen in big hair and an even bigger hat - are portrayed as hatchet-faced harridans, and shown as capable of even greater violence than the real thing; but remarkably it does depict Nielsen being force fed, albeit far less roughly than in reality, and she takes it improbably nonchalantly.
The suffragettes as usual - with the exception of an imposing Asta Nielsen in big hair and an even bigger hat - are portrayed as hatchet-faced harridans, and shown as capable of even greater violence than the real thing; but remarkably it does depict Nielsen being force fed, albeit far less roughly than in reality, and she takes it improbably nonchalantly.
