The Zulu's Heart
The Zulu's Heart | |
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Directed by | D. W. Griffith |
Written by | D. W. Griffith |
Starring | Charles Inslee |
Cinematography | G. W. Bitzer |
Release date |
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Running time | 776 feet (approximately 12 minutes)[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent |
The Zulu's Heart is an extant 1908 American silent short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith for the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. Location footage was shot in Cliffside, New Jersey.[2] White actors portray Zulu. Griffith's 1915 film Birth of a Nation depicting the Ku Klux Klan rescuing a woman was met with protests from African Americans and was hugely popular among white audiences.
Cast[]
- Charles Inslee as Zulu chief
- George Gebhardt as Zulu warrior
- Harry Solter as a Boer
- Florence Lawrence as Boer's wife
- Gladys Egan as Boer's daughter
- John R. Cumpson as Zulu warrior
- Arthur V. Johnson as Zulu warrior
- W. Chrystie Miller, uncredited
- Alfred Paget, uncredited
- Mack Sennett, uncredited
References[]
- ^ "Biograph Films / The Zulu's Heart", advertisement, The Show World (Chicago), 10 October 1908, p. 18. Internet Archive, San Francisco. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ^ "The Zulu's Heart". Silent Era. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
External links[]
- The Zulu's Heart at IMDb
Categories:
- 1908 films
- Silent films
- 1908 drama films
- 1908 short films
- American films
- American drama films
- American silent short films
- American black-and-white films
- Films directed by D. W. Griffith
- Films set in South Africa
- 1900s short drama film stubs