Abraham Lincoln

“The wonder film of the century, about the most romantic figure who ever lived!”

5.4(38)19301h 23m

HistoryDrama

A biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln's life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining chapters: his romance with Ann Rutledge; his early years as a country lawyer; his marriage to Mary Todd; his debates with Stephen A. Douglas; the election of 1860; his presidency during the Civil War; and his assassination in Ford’s Theater in 1865.

Director

D.W. Griffith

Revenue

$0.4M

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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

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

2y ago

6.0

"Personally" directed by D. W. Griffith, this is a rather condensed version of the adult life of Abraham Lincoln. From his early life in the Kentucky backwoods where he grew up and his first love perished, through to his galvanising speech making, his election to the US Presidency followed by his decision to emancipate slaves eliciting a war that threatened his country with self-destruction before...