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The Fugitive (1910)

The Fugitive poster
Directed by
D. W. Griffith
Genre
drama film, silent film, war film
Country
United States
Runtime
17 min
Rating
4.5 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A story from the American Civil War period follows a soldier who is on the run. It shows his struggle to escape and the toll war takes on him.

silentdramatichistoricalmelancholicwar-tornbleakvisually sparse

What happens

The Fugitive is a 1910 American drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and produced and distributed by the Biograph Company. Prints of the film survive at the Library of Congress, the George Eastman Museum and Film Preservation Associates. The script was by John MacDonagh, who would later fight in the Easter Rising under the command of his brother, Thomas MacDonagh, one of the signatories of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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