The great star of silent cinema, Lillian Gish, plays the sensitive Letty, who emigrates from the gentle East to the harsh American West. There, a relentless wind constantly whips the desert and her spirit, revealing her hidden fears and passions. Swedish director Victor Sjöström transforms the landscape into an extension of the heroine’s psychology, creating a sensory experience that intertwines external danger with internal struggle. The film, shot under unbearable conditions in the Mojave Desert, remains an unsurpassed masterpiece, full of drama, tension, and cinematic poetry.  Restored by ΜοΜΑ with support from the Lillian Gish Fund for Film Preservation