The Fall of a Nation (1916)

Directed by

Thomas Dixon Jr.

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 15m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent film is a sequel to an earlier controversial movie. It tells a story set in the United States involving major historical events. The movie is now lost and only its music survives.

historicaldramaticdatedstagedpropagandisticmelodramaticslow-paced

What happens

The Fall of a Nation is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Thomas Dixon Jr., and a sequel to the 1915 film The Birth of a Nation, directed by D. W. Griffith. Dixon, Jr. attempted to cash in on the success of the controversial first film. The Fall of a Nation is considered to be the first ever feature-length film sequel, though it was predated by short film sequels such as The Little Train Robbery and Sherlock Holmes II: Raffles Escaped from Prison. Based upon Dixon's novel The Fall of a Nation, the film is now lost, although the complete score survives. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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