The Constant Nymph

The Constant Nymph

He Tried to Divide His Heart and Broke Theirs

Directed by Edmund Goulding

Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures

1943112 min6.3 / 10

A melancholic romantic drama centered on a love triangle where emotional bonds fracture under the weight of conflicting affections and unresolved longing.

The daughter of a musical mentor adores a promising composer, who is quite fond of the adolescent. When her father dies, an uncle arrives with his own grown daughter, who begins a romance with the composer which culminates in marriage but creates an emotional rivalry that affects the three.

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