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War drama

The Fugitive

TenseBleak Approachable · Moderate War drama

The American Civil War separates households and turns soldiers on opposing sides into figures caught between duty and mercy.

Year
1910
Director
D. W. Griffith
Country
United States
Length
17 min
Language
English

What to expect

The film uses parallel spaces and pursuit to reduce national conflict to immediate decisions about shelter, recognition, and violence.

How to ease in

Do not try to reconstruct the whole war from the short. Track uniforms, doorways, and who chooses to protect an enemy when the larger conflict demands division.

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A quick, non-exhaustive note Includes war violence, firearms, death, nationalism, and Lost Cause-era historical framing.
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A uniform makes allegiance visible but cannot finish the moral question. I am drawn to the instant when hospitality interrupts the logic of pursuit.

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Wikidata 17-minute listing 17 min 17 minutes reproduces the single duration stated by the source. The listing does not identify a cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration. Source: Wikidata — The Fugitive Runtime reference · Checked 2026-08-22

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