Purity is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 silent film

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 written by Clifford Howard and directed

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

 by Rae Berger

Rae Berger

Rae Berger or Rhea Berger was an early silent film actor and director. He is erroneously listed in Duke University's "Women Film Pioneers", he was in fact male.-Director filmography:*Danger Within *The Magic Eye...

 and starring Audrey Munson

Audrey Munson

Audrey Munson was an American artist's model and film actress, known variously as "Miss Manhattan," "the Exposition Girl," and "American Venus." She was the model or inspiration for more than 15 statues in New York City and appeared in four silent films.-Life and career:Audrey Marie Munson was...

. It is notable for its nude scenes

Nudity

Nudity is the state of wearing no clothing. The wearing of clothing is exclusively a human characteristic. The amount of clothing worn depends on functional considerations and social considerations...

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The film was called Reinheit in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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Preservation status

All copies of the film had been believed to be lost, but a copy of this film was recently rediscovered in a film archive in France, although it is not yet available to the public.

Plot

Purity (Munson), a simple country girl, comes to the city and is hired as an artist's model. A young poet becomes obsessed with her, and is distraught when he learns she has been posing nude. But his distress is diminished when he finds that she intends to use her income from modeling to publish his poetry.

Cast

• Audrey Munson
  Audrey Munson
  Audrey Munson was an American artist's model and film actress, known variously as "Miss Manhattan," "the Exposition Girl," and "American Venus." She was the model or inspiration for more than 15 statues in New York City and appeared in four silent films.-Life and career:Audrey Marie Munson was...
  
   as Purity / Virtue
• Nigel De Brulier
  Nigel De Brulier
  Nigel De Brulier was an English film actor, who launched his career in the theatre stage in his native country and transferred to movies after moving to USA. His first film role was a poet in The Pursuit of the Phantom in 1914...
  
   as Thorton Darcy
• Alfred Hollingsworth as Claude Lamarque
• William A. Carroll
  William A. Carroll
  William A. Carroll , was an American silent film actor.Entering films with the Selig and Vitagraph film company, Carroll starred in 140 films between 1911 and 1927, including such works as 1916's The Twinkler....
  
   as Evil / Luston Black
• Eugenie Forde
  Eugenie Forde
  Eugenie Forde was an American silent film actress.She starred in a total of 73 films between 1912 and 1927 in films such as The Diamond from the Sky and Wives and Other Wives with actors such as Charlotte Burton and William Garwood.She was the mother of actress Victoria Forde.-Selected...
  
   as Judith Lure
• Clarence Burton
  Clarence Burton
  Clarence Burton was an American silent film actor....
  
   as Publisher
• Nela Drinkwitz as Model
• Molly Shafer as Landlady