---
title: 'The Scarlet Letter (1926)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Victor Sjöström'
released: '1926-08-09'
runtime_minutes: 115
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-scarlet-letter-1926'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017350/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Scarlet Letter (1926)

1926 · 115 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

The Scarlet Letter is a 1926 American silent drama film based on the 1850 novel of the same name by Nathaniel Hawthorne and directed by Swedish filmmaker Victor Sjöström. Prints of the film survive in the MGM/United Artists film archives and the UCLA Film and Television Archive. The film is now considered the best film adaptation of Hawthorne's novel.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Victor Sjöström](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-sjostrom)
- **Producer:** [Victor Sjöström](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-sjostrom)
- **Screenplay:** [Frances Marion](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-marion)
- **Original Music Composer:** [William Axt](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-axt)
- **Director of Photography:** [Hendrik Sartov](https://cinepixo.com/people/hendrik-sartov)
- **Editor:** [Hugh Wynn](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-wynn)

## Cast

- [Henry B. Walthall](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-b-walthall)
- [Karl Dane](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-dane)
- [Chief Yowlachie](https://cinepixo.com/people/chief-yowlachie)
- [Lillian Gish](https://cinepixo.com/people/lillian-gish)
- [Lars Hanson](https://cinepixo.com/people/lars-hanson)
- [James A. Marcus](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-a-marcus)
- [Marcelle Corday](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcelle-corday)
- [Nora Cecil](https://cinepixo.com/people/nora-cecil)
- [William H. Tooker](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-h-tooker)
- [Jules Cowles](https://cinepixo.com/people/jules-cowles)
- [Joyce Coad](https://cinepixo.com/people/joyce-coad)

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Film facts: Wikidata (Q384408); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.