The Battle of Gettysburg
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Battle of Gettysburg |
| Original title | The Battle of Gettysburg 1913 |
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| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1913 |
| length | approx. 90 (1913), 50 (fragment) minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Thomas H. Ince Charles Giblyn |
| script |
Charles Brown Thomas H. Ince Richard V. Spencer |
| production | Thomas H. Ince |
| occupation | |
and Herschel Mayall , Walter Edwards , J. Barney Sherry , Gertrude Claire , Enid Markey , Frank Borzage , William Desmond Taylor | |
The Battle of Gettysburg is a silent American war film from 1913 about a decisive battle in the American Civil War and at the same time one of the first large-scale productions in Hollywood .
action
Since 1861 civil war has torn the American nation apart; Southerners fight bitterly against Northerners. In the first three days of July 1863 there was a decisive clash between the two armies near the town of Gettysburg. The battle is fought with the utmost severity; The 59,000-strong troop of Southern General Lee meets the Unionist army of around 77,000 soldiers. You can see the roar of battle, thundering cannons, impacting grenades, cavalry and infantry rushing forward, as well as countless close and individual battles. The rift that is clearly dividing the nation extends into families. The groom of the protagonist Virginia Burke fights on the side of the Unionists, while Virginia's brother Jim has joined the Confederate.
Production notes
The Battle of Gettysburg took place in Malibu in early 1913 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the legendary battle between the northern and southern states of the USA. The film, which was extremely extensive for its time, with a playing time of one and a half hours and five film roles, was premiered on June 1, 1913. In Austria-Hungary, The Battle of Gettysburg celebrated its press premiere as a four-act act at the end of January 1914 in Vienna's elite cinema. The mass start was scheduled for February 6, 1914. The strip was released there for the youth. The film probably opened in Germany around the same time.
According to the US film poster announcer, the production costs were $ 75,000; the Vienna Reichspost named the sum of 320,000 Austrian crowns in its December 7, 1913 issue. As the Wiener Neue Freie Presse reported on January 25, 1914, around 25,000 extras took part in the crowd scenes.
criticism
Vienna's Neue Freie Presse wrote on the occasion of the Austrian premiere: "In America ... everything goes great and gigantic. So does cinema. (...) Twenty-five thousand people helped repair the battle scenes (...) We see artillery, cavalry and artillery with amazed admiration Infantry storm up steep hills, see people being dragged down by bullets, collapse and horse and rider ... fall over as if struck by lightning and remain motionless. (...) America is unique in films of this kind: only there you can find this rich material of excellent riders and Horses, and the director who knows how to manage these large crowds in such a way that they create battle scenes of such realism as the "Battle of Gettysburg". "
Web links
- The Battle of Gettysburg in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ "The Battle of Gettysburg". In: Neue Freie Presse , January 25, 1914, p. 26 (online at ANNO ).