Szereplők:
Lindsay Anderson (narrátor), D.W. Griffith (a. f.), Lillian Gish (a. f.), Frank Capra (a. f.), Andrew L. Stone, Zita Johann (több)Tartalmak(1)
In this three-part documentary, celebrated film historians Kevin Brownlow and David Gill tell the proud, sad story of D.W. Griffith (1875-1948): the man who first brought artistry and ambition to the movies, and then, having dragged a reluctant American film industry to international prominence, found it had no more use for him. Judiciously chosen film clips illustrate exactly how, within seven years of going to work for the Biograph Studios in 1908, Griffith painstakingly refined camera and acting techniques; how trial and error led him to create a grammar that was the cinema’s own; and how, in 1915, he presented the fully-fledged film masterwork The Birth of a Nation. Griffith strove to outdo himself in skill, spectacle and soaring ambition, and Brownlow and Gill illuminate the successes that highlighted his career: Intolerance, Broken Blossoms, Way Down East and Orphans of the Storm. A wealth of background detail is provided by vivid accounts of Griffith at work (from Lillian Gish, Blanche Sweet, Karl Brown, Stanley Cortez, among others), and by a comprehensive account of the great controversy sparked by The Birth of a Nation. With its extensive historic details and dazzling extracts from beautifully tinted prints, Brownlow and Gill’s three-part documentary is the perfect reminder of just how great Griffith’s achievements were. (forgalmazó hivatalos szövege)
(több)Szereplők:
![Lindsay Anderson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270073_52e14e.jpg)
Lindsay Anderson (narrátor)
India
Legjobb filmek:
A szerencse fia (1973)
Tűzszekerek (1981)
Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)
![D.W. Griffith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269618_952843.jpg)
D.W. Griffith (a. f.)
Egyesült Államok
Legjobb filmek:
San Francisco (1936)
Egy nemzet születése (1915)
A világ szíve (1918)
![Lillian Gish](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267993_5842ea.jpg)
Lillian Gish (a. f.)
Egyesült Államok
Legjobb filmek:
A szél (1928)
Türelmetlenség (1916)
A vadász éjszakája (1955)
![Frank Capra](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269560_1f39a0.jpg)
Frank Capra (a. f.)
Olaszország
![Andrew L. Stone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871844_d1cfc1.jpg)
Andrew L. Stone
Egyesült Államok
![Zita Johann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/099/533/99533837_4aae9d.jpg)
Zita Johann
Osztrák–Magyar Monarchia
Legjobb filmek:
A múmia (1932)
Tiger Shark (1932)
![Alexandra of Denmark](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/814/161814371_4ab36a.jpg)
Alexandra of Denmark (a. f.)
Dánia
Joseph M. Schenck (a. f.)
Orosz Birodalom
![Charlie Chaplin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267698_9241dd.jpg)
Charlie Chaplin (a. f.)
Egyesült Királyság
Legjobb filmek:
The Chaplin Revue (1959)
A kölyök (1921)
A diktátor (1940)
![Dorothy Gish](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272868_df6925.jpg)
Dorothy Gish (a. f.)
Egyesült Államok
Legjobb filmek:
Árvák a viharban (1921)
The Cardinal (1963)
A világ szíve (1918)
![Neil Hamilton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319242_d1cdc6.jpg)
Neil Hamilton (a. f.)
Egyesült Államok
Legjobb filmek:
Tarzan és asszonya (1934)
Tarzan, a majomember (1932)
America (1924)
![Walter Huston](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/360/164360037_3bc864.png)
Walter Huston (a. f.)
Kanada
Legjobb filmek:
A Sierra Madre kincse (1948)
A máltai sólyom (1941)
The Great Sinner (1949)
![Louis B. Mayer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/540/165540555_beeede.jpg)
Louis B. Mayer (a. f.)
Orosz Birodalom
![Adolphe Menjou](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272373_8a6605.jpg)
Adolphe Menjou (a. f.)
Egyesült Államok
Legjobb filmek:
A dicsőség ösvényei (1957)
Ismeretlen imádó (1942)
Zelig (1983) - a. f.
![Mack Sennett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272700_dd2a84.jpg)
Mack Sennett (a. f.)
Kanada
![Erich von Stroheim](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269456_f40fbc.jpg)
Erich von Stroheim (a. f.)
Osztrák–Magyar Monarchia
Legjobb filmek:
Alkony sugárút (1950)
Gyilkos arany (1924)
Türelmetlenség (1916)