The Fall of a Nation
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| Directed by | Thomas Dixon, Jr. |
| Screenplay by | Thomas Dixon, Jr. |
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The Fall of a Nation by Thomas Dixon, Jr. |
| Starring |
Lorraine Huling Percy Standing |
| Music by | Victor Herbert |
| Cinematography | John W. Boyle |
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Dixon Studios
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| Distributed by | V-L-S-E |
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Running time
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7-8 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent English intertitles |
The Fall of a Nation is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Thomas Dixon, Jr., and is a sequel to the 1915 film The Birth of a Nation, directed by D. W. Griffith. Dixon, Jr. attempted to cash in on the success of the controversial first film.The Fall of a Nation is considered to be the first ever film sequel. Based upon The Fall of a Nation, written by the director, the film is now considered lost.
The Fall of a Nation is an attack on the pacifism of William Jennings Bryan and Henry Ford and a plea for American preparedness for war.
America is unprepared for an attack by the "European Confederated Army", a European army headed by Germany. The army invades America and executes children and war veterans. However, America is saved by a pro-war Congressman who raises an army to defeat the invaders with the support of a suffragette. According to the Internet Movie Database, the film is split into three sections: "A nation falls", "The heel of the conqueror" and "The uprising two years later".
Some battle scenes were filmed in the same location as The Birth of a Nation, at a cost of $31,000.
The film had a musical score produced by Victor Herbert. The Encyclopædia Britannica states that "this is probably the first original symphonic score composed for a feature film". An earlier music score was composed by Camille Saint-Saëns for the short (15-minute) film The Assassination of the Duke of Guise (1908).
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