The Nihilist (film)
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The Nihilist | |
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Directed by | Wallace McCutcheon, Sr. |
Written by | Frank Marion, Wallace McCutcheon |
Starring | Edward Dillon |
Distributed by | Biograph Company |
Release date |
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Running time | 11 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent film with English intertitles |
The Nihilist is a 1905 American short silent film directed by Wallace McCutcheon, Sr. It takes place in the Russian Empire and relates the story of a woman who joins the Nihilist movement and commits a suicide attack against the Governor's palace to avenge her husband who died because of police repression.
Plot
After her husband has been arrested by the Tsarist police, a woman begs the governor for mercy, without success. He is condemned to be deported to Siberia and dies on the way. She decides to join a nihilist group and is ordered to bomb the governor's palace. She dies while completing her mission.[1]
References
- ^ Review, synopsis and link to watch the film: "A cinema history". Retrieved 9 June 2014.
External links
- The Nihilist at IMDb
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- 1905 films
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- American silent short films
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- Silent American drama films
- 1905 drama films
- Films directed by Wallace McCutcheon Sr.
- 1900s American films
- 1900s English-language films
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