Abraham Lincoln (1930)

Directed by

D. W. Griffith

Genre

drama film, war film, biographical film, historical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 39 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film tells the life story of Abraham Lincoln from his early years to his presidency and assassination. It focuses on key events like his romance with Ann Rutledge and his leadership during the Civil War.

solemnhistoricalbiographicalstatelyold-fashionedepisodicpatriotic

What happens

Abraham Lincoln, also released under the title D. W. Griffith's "Abraham Lincoln", is a 1930 pre-Code American biographical film about Abraham Lincoln directed by D. W. Griffith. It stars Walter Huston as Lincoln and Una Merkel, in her second speaking role, as Ann Rutledge. The script was co-written by Stephen Vincent Benét, author of the Civil War prose poem John Brown's Body (1928), and Gerrit Lloyd. This was the first of only two sound films made by Griffith. The film entered the public domain in 1958 when the initial copyright expired. The copyright holders did not elect to extend it for a second 28-year term. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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