Nursing a Viper (1909)
1909 · Silent film · 10 min · dir. D.W. Griffith
- Drama
Synopsis
During the French Revolution, a wealthy couple lives safely by professing republican beliefs. When a mob attacks a nearby chateau an aristocrat bursts into the couple's home. They save his life by disguising him as a servant, but he soon forces his attentions on the wife. Hearing their struggle, the husband intervenes and, stripping the aristocrat of his disguise, thrusts him outdoors to be killed by the mob.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- D.W. Griffith
- Writer
- Frank E. Woods
- Studio
- American Mutoscope & Biograph
- Released
- 1909-11-03
- Running time
- 10 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Silent Films, Feature Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Griffith
- silents
- french
- revolution
Cast & crew
D.W. Griffith Director
Arthur V. Johnson
Marion Leonard
Frank Powell
Owen Moore
James Kirkwood
Florence Lawrence
George Nichols
Billy Quirk
