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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1145

Deliverance

Synopsis

Helen Keller's life and her relationship with teacher Anne Sullivan are presented through dramatized episodes and appearances by the people themselves. The film brings a biographical account together with the presence of Keller, Sullivan and members of Keller's family.

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Wikimedia Commons
Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
85:43
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · George Foster Platt · Public domain

Cast

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George Foster Platt directed actors portraying the biographical story alongside its living subjects. The mixture distinguishes the film from either a wholly fictional drama or a straightforward record of an event.

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Availability checked on September 15, 2026.

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