The Spirit of the Poppy
1914, English. Directed by Frederick A. Thomson.
A psychological study of the effects of drug addiction on humanity. Helene Ford has been injected with heroin by an unscrupulous physician, causing her to act irrationally. Her husband Stephen, a noted artist, hires a model whom Helene, inflamed by their friend Jack Murray, suspects of having an affair with Stephen. The model is also addicted to drugs and convinces Stephen to try heroin to forget his troubles. Both Stephen and Helene then become addicted to drugs. They abandon their home and then separate, after which Stephen resorts to crime to support his heroin addiction. During an escape from the police after a robbery, Stephen encounters Helene again, this time near death. She sacrifices her own life to shield her husband, but Stephen and his former model plunge to their deaths.
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- 1h 0m
- Post-credits
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- English
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- Released
- 23 November 1914
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Catherine Carr
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The Spirit of the Poppy isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 23 November 1914. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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If you liked The Spirit of the Poppy, try Requiem for a Dream, Less Than Zero, The Baker.
Who directed The Spirit of the Poppy?
The Spirit of the Poppy (1914) was directed by Frederick A. Thomson and stars Edith Luckett, William R. Dunn, Nicholas Dunaew.