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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1187

The Hessian Renegades

190910 minUnited States

Synopsis

A young messenger carrying vital information to General Washington is pursued by Hessian soldiers. A household gives him shelter, but the enemy follows. The family and its neighbors must find a way to protect the message when its original courier can no longer travel freely.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 10:27
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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

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No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · D. W. Griffith · Public domain

Cast

Owen Moore

DirectorsD. W. Griffith

Historical context

Griffith frames the Revolutionary War through danger to a civilian home. The military mission depends on local cooperation rather than battlefield spectacle.

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Owen Moore — Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research · Public domain

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