The Forbidden City

Nan
1h 3m
1918
5.7 /10 (9)

Overview

The daughter of a Chinese mandarin is sentenced to death for her secret marriage to an American. Their child, raised in the mandarin's palace, grows up and escapes to seek her father, now a high-ranking official in the Philippines.

Country : United States of America
Languages : No Language
Released Date: 1918-10-06

Top Billed Cast

Norma Talmadge

San San / Toy

Thomas Meighan

John Worden

E. Alyn Warren

Wong Li

Michael Rayle

Mandarin

L. Rogers Lytton

Chinese Emperor

Reid Hamilton

Lieutenant Philip Halbert

Charles Fang

Yuan-Loo

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