1776, or The Hessian Renegades (1909)

1909 · Silent film · 10 min · dir. D.W. Griffith

• Drama
• Crime

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Synopsis

During the American Revolution, a young soldier carrying a crucial message to General Washington is spotted and pursued by a group of enemy soldiers. He takes refuge with a civilian family, but is soon detected. The family and their neighbors must then make plans to see that the important message gets through after all.

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Details

Director

D.W. Griffith

Writer

D.W. Griffith

Cinematography

Billy Bitzer

Studio

American Mutoscope & Biograph

Released

1909-09-06

Running time

10 minutes

Cast & crew

• D.W. Griffith Director
• Owen Moore
• James Kirkwood
• Mary Pickford
• D.W. Griffith
• Lottie Pickford
• Mack Sennett
• George Siegmann
• Henry B. Walthall

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