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1905 American film

The Nihilist

Directed by	Wallace McCutcheon, Sr.
Written by	Frank Marion, Wallace McCutcheon
Starring	Edward Dillon
Distributed by	Biograph Company
Release date	March 28, 1905 (1905-03-28)
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.

Plot

After her husband has been arrested by the Tsarist police, a woman begs the governor for mercy, without success. He is condemned to be deported to Siberia and dies on the way. She decides to join a nihilist group and is ordered to bomb the governor's palace. She dies while completing her mission.

References

Review, synopsis and link to watch the film: "A cinema history". Retrieved 9 June 2014.

External links

The Nihilist at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Wallace McCutcheon Sr.
The Fastest Wrecking Crew in the World (1897) The Pioneers (1903) Kit Carson (1903) Boat Race (1904) The Escaped Lunatic (1904) Personal (1904) The Widow and the Only Man (1904) The Lost Child (1904) The Chicken Thief (1904) The Suburbanite (1904) Panorama from Times Building (1905) The Nihilist (1905) Tom Tom the Piper's Son (1905) The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog (1905) The White Caps (1905) The Watermelon Patch (1905) The Miller's Daughter (1905) The Train Wreckers (1905) The Life of an American Policeman (1905) Police Chasing Scorching Auto (1905) The Night Before Christmas (1905) Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906) Three American Beauties (1906) The Black Hand (1906) A Winter Straw Ride (1906) The Terrible Kids (1906) Kathleen Mavourneen (1906) Getting Evidence (1906) Daniel Boone, or Pioneer Days in America (1907) The "Teddy" Bears (1907) The Kentuckian (1908) The Sculptor's Nightmare (1908) When Knights Were Bold (1908) Bobby's Kodak (1908) Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker (1908) The Stolen Wireless (1909)

Films directed by Wallace McCutcheon Sr.

The Fastest Wrecking Crew in the World (1897)
The Pioneers (1903)
Kit Carson (1903)
Boat Race (1904)
The Escaped Lunatic (1904)
Personal (1904)
The Widow and the Only Man (1904)
The Lost Child (1904)
The Chicken Thief (1904)
The Suburbanite (1904)
Panorama from Times Building (1905)
The Nihilist (1905)
Tom Tom the Piper's Son (1905)
The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog (1905)
The White Caps (1905)
The Watermelon Patch (1905)
The Miller's Daughter (1905)
The Train Wreckers (1905)
The Life of an American Policeman (1905)
Police Chasing Scorching Auto (1905)
The Night Before Christmas (1905)
Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906)
Three American Beauties (1906)
The Black Hand (1906)
A Winter Straw Ride (1906)
The Terrible Kids (1906)
Kathleen Mavourneen (1906)
Getting Evidence (1906)
Daniel Boone, or Pioneer Days in America (1907)
The "Teddy" Bears (1907)
The Kentuckian (1908)
The Sculptor's Nightmare (1908)
When Knights Were Bold (1908)
Bobby's Kodak (1908)
Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker (1908)
The Stolen Wireless (1909)

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