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Ramon loves Catalonian peasant Maria Rosa. He uses a knife belonging to her love Andreas to kill fisherman Pedro, so Andreas goes to jail for ten years. Maria will wait for him, but Ramon convinces her Andreas dies in prison so she agrees to marry him. On their wedding day Ramon is paroled. Maria then stabs Ramon.
Ramon loves Catalonian peasant Maria Rosa. He uses a knife belonging to her love Andreas to kill fisherman Pedro, so Andreas goes to jail for ten years. Maria will wait for him, but Ramon convinces her Andreas dies in prison so she agrees to marry him. On their wedding day Ramon is paroled. Maria then stabs Ramon.
The film's central narrative focuses on a personal love triangle, false accusation, and tragic romance, which are apolitical themes explored through individual human drama rather than a critique or endorsement of specific political ideologies.
This early 20th-century melodrama features traditional casting and a narrative that does not critique traditional identities or explicitly incorporate diversity, equity, and inclusion themes, reflecting common cinematic practices of its era.
Cecil B. DeMille's 1916 silent film 'Maria Rosa' is a romantic drama set in Spain, revolving around a woman's forced marriage and her true love. The plot and character arcs contain no discernible LGBTQ+ characters, relationships, or themes, resulting in no depiction of queer identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 1916 film "Maria Rosa" is an adaptation of an 1894 play. A review of the main characters in both the source play and the film reveals no instances where a character's established gender was changed for the screen adaptation.
The 1916 film adapts a Spanish play featuring Spanish characters. The main cast consists of white American actors. This represents a shift in nationality and ethnicity, but not a change in the broader racial category (white), therefore it does not meet the definition of a race swap.