Helen Alving leads an outwardly contented life. On the eve of the 10th anniversary of her husband's death, she is about to open an orphanage as a memorial to him. To mark this occasion, her bohemian painter son Oswald has returned from Paris. Helen plans to take the opportunity to tell Oswald the truth about his father. But ghosts of the past erupt during an eventful evening, bringing the facade of civilised family life crashing down.
Henry B. Walthall
as Captain Alving / Oswald
Mary Alden
as Helen Alving
Nigel De Brulier
as Pastor Manders
Juanita Archer
as Johanna
Loretta Blake
as Regina
Al W. Filson
as The Family Doctor
Thomas Jefferson
as Johanna's Unseeing Husband
Monte Blue
as Bohemian
Karl Formes
as Henrik Ibsen
Chandler House
as Oswald as a boy
Erich von Stroheim
as School Clerk
