The Nihilist (1905 film)
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| Directed by | Wallace McCutcheon, Sr. |
| Written by | Frank Marion, Wallace McCutcheon |
| Starring | Edward Dillon |
| Distributed by | Biograph Company |
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11 minutes |
| Country | United States |
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Silent film with English intertitles |
The Nihilist is a 1905 American short silent film directed by Wallace McCutcheon, Sr.. It takes place in the Russian Empire and relates the story of a woman who joins the Nihilist movement and commits a suicide attack against the Governor's palace to avenge her husband who died because of police repression.
After her husband has been arrested by the Tsarist police, a woman begs the governor for mercy, without success. He is condemned to be deported to Siberia and dies on the way. She decides to join a nihilist group and is ordered to bomb the governor's palace. She dies while completing her mission.
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