Disraeli | |
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Directed by |
Charles Calvert Percy Nash |
Produced by | Arrigo Bocchi |
Written by | Louis N. Parker (play and screenplay) |
Starring |
Dennis Eadie Mary Jerrold Cyril Raymond |
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Distributed by | NB Films |
Release date
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November 1916 |
Running time
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6 reels |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Disraeli is a 1916 British silent biographical film directed by Charles Calvert and Percy Nash and starring Dennis Eadie, Mary Jerrold and Cyril Raymond. The film was based on the 1911 play Disraeli by Louis N. Parker, which was adapted twice more, as a 1921 silent version and most famously in 1929 as an early sound film. It was made at Ealing Studios.
The mid-Victorian statesman Benjamin Disraeli manages to thwart the plans of Britain's rival Great Powers and gain control of the strategically important Suez Canal.