The Battle (1911)
1911 · Silent film · 17 min · dir. D.W. Griffith
- War
- Drama
Synopsis
Union soldiers march off to battle amid cheering crowds. After the battle turns against the Union Army, one soldier runs away, hiding in his girlfriend's house. Ashamed of his cowardice, he finds his courage and crosses enemy lines to bring help to his trapped comrades.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- D.W. Griffith
- Cinematography
- Billy Bitzer
- Studio
- American Mutoscope & Biograph
- Released
- 1911-11-06
- Running time
- 17 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Silent Hall of Fame, Silent Films, Feature Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- D.W. Griffith
- Billy Bitzer
- Biograph Company
- Robert Harron
- silent film
- silent era
- silent drama
- Civil war drama
Cast & crew
D.W. Griffith Director
Charles West
Blanche Sweet
Charles Hill Mailes
Robert Harron
Donald Crisp
Christy Cabanne
Lionel Barrymore
Spottiswoode Aitken
