Resurrection (1909 film)

Resurrection
PLAY partial copy of film; runtime
00:12:11.
Directed byD. W. Griffith
Written byLeo Tolstoy
Frank E. Woods
Produced byBiograph Company
StarringFlorence Lawrence
CinematographyG.W. Bitzer
Arthur Marvin
Distributed byBiograph Company
Release date
  • May 20, 1909 (1909-05-20)
Running time
Original length 15-16 minutes (1 reel, 999 feet)[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
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]

  1. ^ Advertisement for "Biograph Films" including Resurrection (999 feet), Variety (New York, N.Y.), 15 May 1909, p. 39. Internet Archive, San Francisco. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  2. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..Resurrection Retrieved November 20, 2016