Besetzung:
Lindsay Anderson (Erzähler), D.W. Griffith (Arch.), Lillian Gish (Arch.), Frank Capra (Arch.), Andrew L. Stone, Zita Johann (mehr)Inhalte(1)
In this three-part documentary, celebrated film historians Kevin Brownlow and David Gill tell the proud, sad story of D.W. Griffith (1875-1948): the man who first brought artistry and ambition to the movies, and then, having dragged a reluctant American film industry to international prominence, found it had no more use for him. Judiciously chosen film clips illustrate exactly how, within seven years of going to work for the Biograph Studios in 1908, Griffith painstakingly refined camera and acting techniques; how trial and error led him to create a grammar that was the cinema’s own; and how, in 1915, he presented the fully-fledged film masterwork The Birth of a Nation. Griffith strove to outdo himself in skill, spectacle and soaring ambition, and Brownlow and Gill illuminate the successes that highlighted his career: Intolerance, Broken Blossoms, Way Down East and Orphans of the Storm. A wealth of background detail is provided by vivid accounts of Griffith at work (from Lillian Gish, Blanche Sweet, Karl Brown, Stanley Cortez, among others), and by a comprehensive account of the great controversy sparked by The Birth of a Nation. With its extensive historic details and dazzling extracts from beautifully tinted prints, Brownlow and Gill’s three-part documentary is the perfect reminder of just how great Griffith’s achievements were. (Verleiher-Text)
(mehr)Besetzung
Lindsay Anderson (Erzähler)
Indien
Beste Filme:
O Lucky Man! (1973)
Die Stunde des Siegers (1981)
Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)
D.W. Griffith (Arch.)
USA
Beste Filme:
San Francisco (1936)
Hearts of the World (1918)
Geburt einer Nation (1915)
Lillian Gish (Arch.)
USA
Beste Filme:
The Wind (1928)
Intolerance (1916)
Die Nacht des Jägers (1955)
Frank Capra (Arch.)
Italien
Andrew L. Stone
USA
Zita Johann
Österreich-Ungarn
Beste Filme:
Tiger Shark (1932)
Die Mumie - Monster (1932)
Alexandra of Denmark (Arch.)
Dänemark
Joseph M. Schenck (Arch.)
Russisches Kaiserreich
Charlie Chaplin (Arch.)
Großbritannien
Beste Filme:
The Chaplin Revue (1959)
Der Vagabund und das Kind (1921)
Der Große Diktator (1940)
Dorothy Gish (Arch.)
USA
Beste Filme:
Hearts of the World (1918)
Zwei Waisen im Sturm (1921)
Der Kardinal (1963)
Neil Hamilton (Arch.)
USA
Beste Filme:
Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
America (1924)
Walter Huston (Arch.)
Kanada
Beste Filme:
Der Schatz der Sierra Madre (1948)
Aufstand in Trollness (1943)
Die Spur des Falken (1941)
Louis B. Mayer (Arch.)
Russisches Kaiserreich
Adolphe Menjou (Arch.)
USA
Beste Filme:
Wege zum Ruhm (1957)
Ein schönes Mädchen wie du (1942)
Zelig (1983) - Arch.
Mack Sennett (Arch.)
Kanada
Erich von Stroheim (Arch.)
Österreich-Ungarn
Beste Filme:
Boulevard der Dämmerung (1950)
Gier (1924)
Intolerance (1916)