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Directed by | D. W. Griffith |
Written by | Leo Tolstoy Frank E. Woods |
Produced by | Biograph Company |
Starring | Florence Lawrence |
Cinematography | G.W. Bitzer Arthur Marvin |
Distributed by | Biograph Company |
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Running time | Original length 15-16 minutes (1 reel, 999 feet)[1] |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English title card |
Resurrection is a 1909 American silent short film made by the Biograph Company. It is based on Leo Tolstoy's 1899 novel Resurrection. Adapted for the screen by Frank E. Woods, it was directed by D. W. Griffith and stars several pioneering legends of American cinema such as Arthur V. Johnson, Florence Lawrence, Marion Leonard, Owen Moore, Mack Sennett, and Linda Arvidson, who was Griffith's first wife.[2]