History ·Drama · United States of America · 1930 · 1h 23m

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln poster
Director
D.W. Griffith
Cast
Walter Huston as Abraham Lincoln Una Merkel as Ann Rutledge William L. Thorne as Tom Lincoln Lucille La Verne as Mid-Wife Helen Freeman as Nancy Hanks Lincoln Otto Hoffman as Offut
Crew
Karl Struss — Director of Photography James Smith — Editor John W. Considine Jr. — Story Joseph M. Schenck — Producer Walter J. Israel — Costume Design
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Abraham Lincoln — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
assassinationillinoisbiographydebatecourtshipamerican civil waremancipationabolitionistabraham lincolnproclamationford's theatre
Key Collaborators
D.W. Griffith Director Karl Struss Director of Photography James Smith Editor John W. Considine Jr. Story Joseph M. Schenck Producer Walter J. Israel Costume Design
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