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Swords and Hearts

191116 minUnited States
DramaWar

Synopsis

A Confederate officer's visit to his sweetheart attracts pursuing Union soldiers. A poorer young woman, secretly in love with him, puts on his coat and rides his horse away to divert the chase.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
16:20
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 · David Wark Griffith · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsD. W. Griffith

Historical context

The short sets its romance during the American Civil War and follows a Southern officer. Its plot gives the woman who lacks social standing an active role in determining his survival.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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