• Director: D.W. Griffith
  • Release Year: 1924
  • Production Country: United States
  • Language: Silent

America

Description

Patriot Nathan Holden falls for the beautiful Tory Nancy Montague, but before they can work out their political differences, she is taken prisoner by a renegade British officer who plans to massacre the colonists who have taken refuge at a nearby fort with an army of Iroquois warriors–and Nathan is the only one who can warn the fort.

Themes

Thirteen Colonies, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War (1775 – 1783), Stereotypes, Intolerance, Massacres, Literature