God's Crucible (also known as The Foreigner) is a lost 1921 Canadian silent religious melodrama directed by Henry MacRae and written by Faith Green, based on a Ralph Connor novel called The Foreigner. The film was narrated by Ernest Shipman.
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Plot
A young political refugee flees to Winnipeg to escape Russian enemies, where his resolve is tested in the snow-capped mountains, his violin his only company. Eventually, he is rewarded for toughing it out.
Cast
Gaston Glass as Ivan Kalmar
Gladys Coburn as Marjorie Menzies
Wilton Lackaye as Michael Kalmar
Edna Shipman as Irma Kalmar
Anne Sutherland as Kalmars' Servant
Frances Eldridge as Hope French or Margaret
Production
The film was shot in and around Winnipeg.