The parallel stories of a modern preacher and a medieval monk, Gabriel the Ascetic, who is killed by an ignorant mob for making a nude statue representing Truth, which is also represented by a ghostly naked girl who flits throughout the film.
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In the strength of her ideals [Weber] dares do things that a less idealistic person would make only crass, and she succeeds in producing a remarkably purity of impression with a considerable material instrument.
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