His Guilty Conscience
Running 37m and made in Denmark, His Guilty Conscience (1914) is a Drama film in the 123movies catalog. The cast includes Hakon Ahnfelt-Rønne and Emanuel Gregers; Vilhelm Glückstadt directs. 4 votes put it at 5/10. The young clerk Poul Wang is squandering his fortune on festive pleasures while being shadowed by a mysterious unknown figure. The following day, payment is due and Poul has to clandestinely visit a local loan shark. The growing interest rates tempt Poul to steal from his workplace, but he is discovered by a watchful colleague. In desperation, he robs his own family’s savings, narrowly avoiding being fatally shot by his own wife, who mistakes him for a common burglar. Just as everything looks impossibly bleak, the mysterious stranger comes to the rescue. (Stumfilm.dk)
