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The Nihilists
Also known as [The Nihilist]
(1905) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Wallace McCutcheon

Cast: [?] Edward Dillon?

American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. / Scenario by [?] Frank Marion and/or Wallace McCutcheon? Cinematography by F.S. Armitage (Frederick S. Armitage). / © 28 March 1905 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. / [?] Biograph 35mm spherical format? / Biograph production number 2992. Exteriors were shot in Grantwood, New Jersey. The film features a main title and intertitles.

Drama.

Synopsis: Aristocratic Russian family utilizes terrorist bombing to avenge their father’s political exile to Siberia.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: USA: New Jersey: Grantwood

Listing updated: 5 January 2025.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Altman-Sound p. 102; Niver-First p. 91 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.

 
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