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Abraham Lincoln
UNITED STATES · 1930

Abraham Lincoln

D.W. Griffith
American presidency Civil War political ambition historical biography assassination
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Synopsis

A biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln's life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining chapters: his romance with Ann Rutledge; his early years as a country lawyer; his marriage to Mary Todd; his debates with Stephen A. Douglas; the election of 1860; his presidency during the Civil War; and his assassination in Ford’s Theater in 1865.

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