The Nihilist | |
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Directed by | Wallace McCutcheon, Sr. |
Written by | Frank Marion, Wallace McCutcheon |
Starring | Edward Dillon |
Distributed by | Biograph Company |
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Running time | 11 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent film with English intertitles |
The Nihilist is a 1905 American short silent film directed by Wallace McCutcheon, Sr. It takes place in the Russian Empire and relates the story of a woman who joins the Nihilist movement and commits a suicide attack against the Governor's palace to avenge her husband who died because of police repression.