The Hessian Renegades

The Hessian Renegades

1909
Drama
War
Short Film
10m
During the American Revolution, a young soldier carrying a crucial message to General Washington is spotted and pursued by a group of enemy soldiers. He takes refuge with a civilian family, but is soon detected. The family and their neighbors must then make plans to see that the important message gets through after all. (imdb)
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The Hessian Renegades

1909
Drama
War
Short Film
10m
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Rated 27 Nov 2011
80
78th
Holding on the soldier callously eating with a corpse in the room is one of the absolute high points of pre-Vertov editing.
Rated 19 Nov 2018
60
51st
A surprisingly tense film that starts off with a chase sense and then evolves into a ransacking.
Rated 19 May 2015
55
74th
A very strong early example of Griffith's way of establishing continuity and tension. The opening pursuit was especially well conceived.
Rated 05 Dec 2008
4
83rd
A fine film, brimming over with action and suspense. Easily the best Griffith short.

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