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.

The Nihilist
Directed byWallace McCutcheon, Sr.
Written byFrank Marion, Wallace McCutcheon
StarringEdward Dillon
Distributed byBiograph Company
Release date
  • March 28, 1905 (1905-03-28)
Running time
11 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film with
English intertitles

Plot

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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.[1]

References

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