Näyttelijät:
Lindsay Anderson (kertoja), D.W. Griffith (a.o.), Lillian Gish (a.o.), Frank Capra (a.o.), Andrew L. Stone, Zita Johann, Alexandra of Denmark (a.o.) (lisää)Juonikuvaukset(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. (jakelijan virallinen teksti)
(lisää)Näyttelijät
![Lindsay Anderson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270073_52e14e.jpg)
Lindsay Anderson (kertoja)
Intia
Parhaat elokuvat:
Onnenpoika (1973)
Tulivaunut (1981)
Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)
![D.W. Griffith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269618_952843.jpg)
D.W. Griffith (a.o.)
Yhdysvallat
Parhaat elokuvat:
San Franciscon maanjäristys (1936)
Kansakunnan syntyminen (1915)
Hearts of the World (1918)
![Lillian Gish](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267993_5842ea.jpg)
Lillian Gish (a.o.)
Yhdysvallat
Parhaat elokuvat:
Pohjoismyrsky (1928)
Suvaitsemattomuus (1916)
Räsynukke (1955)
![Frank Capra](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269560_1f39a0.jpg)
Frank Capra (a.o.)
Italia
![Andrew L. Stone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871844_d1cfc1.jpg)
Andrew L. Stone
Yhdysvallat
![Zita Johann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/099/533/99533837_4aae9d.jpg)
Zita Johann
Itävalta-Unkari
Parhaat elokuvat:
The Mummy (1932)
Tiikerihai (1932)
![Alexandra of Denmark](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/814/161814371_4ab36a.jpg)
Alexandra of Denmark (a.o.)
Tanska
Joseph M. Schenck (a.o.)
Venäjän keisarikunta
![Charlie Chaplin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267698_9241dd.jpg)
Charlie Chaplin (a.o.)
Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta
Parhaat elokuvat:
The Chaplin Revue (1959)
Chaplins pojke (1921)
Diktaattori (1940)
![Dorothy Gish](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272868_df6925.jpg)
Dorothy Gish (a.o.)
Yhdysvallat
Parhaat elokuvat:
Orpolapset (1921)
Kardinaali (1963)
Hearts of the World (1918)
![Neil Hamilton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319242_d1cdc6.jpg)
Neil Hamilton (a.o.)
Yhdysvallat
Parhaat elokuvat:
Tarzan ja valkoinen nainen (1934)
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
Taisteluun vapauden puolesta (1924)
![Walter Huston](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/360/164360037_3bc864.png)
Walter Huston (a.o.)
Kanada
Parhaat elokuvat:
Sierra Madren aarre (1948)
Maltan haukka (1941)
Synnin pesä (1949)
![Louis B. Mayer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/540/165540555_beeede.jpg)
Louis B. Mayer (a.o.)
Venäjän keisarikunta
![Adolphe Menjou](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272373_8a6605.jpg)
Adolphe Menjou (a.o.)
Yhdysvallat
Parhaat elokuvat:
Kunnian polut (1957)
Karnevaalit Riossa (1942)
Zelig (1983) - a.o.
![Mack Sennett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272700_dd2a84.jpg)
Mack Sennett (a.o.)
Kanada
![Erich von Stroheim](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269456_f40fbc.jpg)
Erich von Stroheim (a.o.)
Itävalta-Unkari
Parhaat elokuvat:
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Ahneus (1924)
Suvaitsemattomuus (1916)