The Crisis (1916)
- Directed by
- Colin Campbell
- Genre
- drama film, silent film, war film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rating
- 5.3 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
Set during the American Civil War, the story follows characters navigating divided loyalties and personal conflicts in a nation at war. The film adapts Winston Churchill's novel about the emotional and social turmoil of that era.
historicalsomberearnestdeliberatepatrioticserioussparsemelodramatic
What happens
The Crisis is a 1916 American silent historical drama film produced by William N. Selig and directed by Colin Campbell. The film is based on the American Civil War novel The Crisis by American novelist Winston Churchill. The novel was adapted into a play and produced on Broadway in 1902. A copy of this film is preserved at the Library of Congress. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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