The Nihilist (1905)

1905 · Silent film · 11 min · dir. Wallace McCutcheon

• Drama

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Synopsis

A happy Russian family is broken up when their patriarch is arrested for treason. His distraught wife joins the secret society of nihilists and is assigned to commit an act of terror.

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Details

Director

Wallace McCutcheon

Writer

Frank Marion

Studio

American Mutoscope and Biograph Company

Released

1905-03-27

Running time

11 minutes

Language

English

Subjects on the Internet Archive

• silent film
• historical drama
• Tsarist Russia

Cast & crew

• Wallace McCutcheon Director
• Edward Dillon

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