Ingeborg Holm (1913)

Ingeborg Holm's husband opens a grocery store and life is on the sunny side for them and their three children--until her husband becomes sick and dies. Ingeborg tries to keep the store, but because of the lazy, wasteful staff she must eventually close it. With no money left, she must move to the poorhouse and is separated from her children. Her children are taken care of by foster-parents, but Ingeborg simply must get out of the poorhouse to see them again.