Movie Description:
Falsely accused of theft by thefriend who stole his fiance, linen-weaver SilasMarner is driven from his religious community. Taking refuge in the distantvillage of Raveloe, he becomes a recluse, shunning humancontact and instead amassing a huge pile of gold which he lovingly counts every night.Enter Dunstan Cass, the dissolute younger son of the local squire. Deep in debt, he steals the gold and disappears. Once more Silas is leftbereft. Then one night he comeshome to a warm and vital replacement for his lost gold--a baby girl asleep on the hearth.Silas adopts her, christensher Eppie after his mother, andrears the girl with enormous tenderness and love. But even this newfound happiness comes under threat. Eppie`s real father,Godfrey Cass, wants to reclaim her. Is Silas to lose everything again?
