Ancestry

Ancestry (1915)

Drama

After the Duke of Lorenzo discovers the Duchess with her lover, Count Riccardo the men duel leading the Duke’s 20-year banishment. During that time, the Duchess and their daughter go to America, where her daughter dies. The Duchess returns to Italy with a young companion, Anna De Voe, who is taken by all as her daughter. American artist Harold Dean sketching the villa’s grounds assists the Duchess when she has an accident that renders her an amnesiac. Meeting Anna the pair share an attraction, but the Duke who has returned from his exile and assumes Anna is his daughter, insists she must marry in honor of her ancestors. Anna, who is in love with Harold, reveals the truth and Harold is happy to find that no line of ancestry separates them.

  • Release Date: 1915-03-22
  • Runtime: 0h 25min
  • Director: Henry Otto

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Cast

  • Edward Coxen

    Harold Dean

  • Winifred Greenwood

    Anna de Voe

  • George Field

    The Duke of Lorenzo

  • Charlotte Burton

    The Duchesse of Lorenzo

  • John Steppling

    The Innkeeper

  • William Bertram

    Father Time

  • Mrs. Tom Ricketts

    The Duchesse - 20 Years Later

  • King Clark

    The Count

  • Marjorie Cresswell

    Rosa

  • Americo de Marino

    Leo

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