The Mother Instinct
The Mother Instinct
1917, English. Directed by Lambert Hillyer & Roy William Neill.
When her baby daughter Eleanor is traumatized after her father perishes in a storm at sea, Mother Coutierre sends the girl to live with her aunt in Paris. Years later, Eleanor, now a successful model in Paris, is surprised by a visit from her elder sister Marie, who has come to hide the birth of her illegitimate child. When Mother Coutierre arrives and believes Eleanor to be the infant's mother, Eleanor continues the deception so that her sister can marry Pierre Bondel, a fisherman.
- Runtime
- 0h 50m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 15 July 1917
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Lambert Hillyer, Maude Pettus
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The Mother Instinct runs 50 minutes (0h 50m).
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The Mother Instinct isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 15 July 1917. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Mother Instinct?
The Mother Instinct (1917) was directed by Lambert Hillyer and Roy William Neill and stars Enid Bennett, Rowland V. Lee, Margery Wilson.