Story Line
The Count sets out to make a private room for him and his Countess, built in such a way no one can see, hear, and most importantly, disturb them. But unbeknownst to the Count, his wife has set her eyes on the court minstrel. Based on Edgar Allan Poe's “The Cask of Amontillado” and Honoré de Balzac's “La Grande Breteche”.
Top Cast
Arthur V. Johnson
The Count
Marion Leonard
The Countess
Henry B. Walthall
The Minstrel
Mary Pickford
A Lady-in-Waiting
George Siegmann
Nobleman at Court
Mack Sennett
A Soldier
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Rating
5.1/ 10
Release Date
1909-09-02
Runtime
11m
Genres
RomanceDramaHistoryHorror
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•2/22/2017D.W. Griffith brings us the longest running horror movie to date (1909). It is less horror and more tragic as the movie is probably one of the first “Horror” movies to actually tug on your heart strings a bit. This is also a movie that proves that th...