Il cavaliere della libertà

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Nato da una famiglia di boscaioli, Abraham Lincoln è un giovane intraprendente: si laurea in legge, diventa avvocato e comincia a occuparsi con passione di politica. La sua carriera è rapidissima, fino all'elezione alla presidenza degli Stati Uniti alla vigilia della guerra civile. Lincoln riesce a porre termine al conflitto e a tenere unita la nazione, ma proprio quando tutto sembra risolto viene ucciso in un attentato.

 

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(1930)

Storia, Dramma

Data rilascio : 08/11/1930

regia di D.W. Griffith

Incasso : 400.000,00 $

 
 

Cast

  • Walter Huston
      - Abraham Lincoln
  • Una Merkel
      - Ann Rutledge
  • William L. Thorne
      - Tom Lincoln
  • Lucille La Verne
      - Mid-Wife
  • Helen Freeman
      - Nancy Hanks Lincoln
  • Otto Hoffman
      - Offut
  • Edgar Dearing
      - Armstrong
  • Russell Simpson
      - Lincoln's Employer
  • Charles Crockett
      - Sheriff
  • Kay Hammond
      - Mary Todd Lincoln
  • Helen Ware
      - Mrs. Edwards
  • E. Alyn Warren
      - Stephen A. Douglas / General Grant
  • Jason Robards Sr.
      - Herndon
  • Gordon Thorpe
      - Tad Lincoln
  • Ian Keith
      - John Wilkes Booth
  • Cameron Prud'Homme
      - John Hay - Secretary to the President
  • James Bradbury Sr.
      - Gen. Winfield Scott
  • James Eagles
      - Young Soldier
  • Oscar Apfel
      - Secretary of War Stanton
  • Frank Campeau
      - General Sheridan
  • Hobart Bosworth
      - General Robert E. Lee
  • Henry B. Walthall
      - Colonel Marshall
  • Hank Bell
      - Townsman in Offut's Store (uncredited)
  • Maurice Black
      - Conspirator (uncredited)
  • Ed Brady
      - Confederate Courier (uncredited)
  • Robert Brower
      - (uncredited)
  • Kernan Cripps
      - Conspirator (uncredited)
  • Mary Forbes
      - Actress (uncredited)
  • Francis Ford
      - Sheridan's Aide (uncredited)
  • Robert Homans
      - A Senator - One of Lincoln's Advisors (uncredited)
  • Jane Keckley
      - Matchmaker (uncredited)
  • Robert Keith
      - Union Courier (uncredited)
  • Henry Kolker
      - New Englander (uncredited)
  • Ralph Lewis
      - Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)
  • George MacQuarrie
      - Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)
  • Scott Seaton
      - Minor Role (uncredited)
  • Carl Stockdale
      - Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)
  • Harry Stubbs
      - Undetermined Role (uncredited)
  • Kathrin Clare Ward
      - Townswoman at Ann's Death (uncredited)