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The Seventh Son (1912)

The Seventh Son poster
Directed by
Hal Reid
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
20 min
Rated
NR
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent short film set during the Civil War. It shows President Lincoln and a widow who has lost her sons in battle.

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What happens

Il settimo figlio (The Seventh Son) è un cortometraggio muto del 1912 scritto e diretto da Hal Reid. Fu prodotto dalla Vitagraph. La storia, ambientata durante la Guerra di Secessione, è interpretata da Ralph Ince nei panni del presidente Lincoln e da Mary Maurice in quelli di una vedova con i figli morti in battaglia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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