The Loss of the Birkenhead
The Loss of the Birkenhead | |
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Directed by | Maurice Elvey |
Starring | Elisabeth Risdon Fred Groves A.V. Bramble |
Production company | British & Colonial Kinematograph Company |
Distributed by | Ruffells Films |
Release date | July 1914 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
The Loss of the Birkenhead is a 1914 British silent historical drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Elisabeth Risdon, Fred Groves and A.V. Bramble.[1] The film is set against the backdrop of the sinking of the troopship HMS Birkenhead in 1852.
Cast
- Elisabeth Risdon as Deborah
- Fred Groves as Seth
- A.V. Bramble
- M. Gray Murray
- Joyce Templeton
- Beatrix Templeton
References
- ^ Murphy p. 179
Bibliography
- Murphy, Robert. Directors in British and Irish Cinema: A Reference Companion. British Film Institute, 2006.
External links
Categories:
- 1914 films
- British films
- British drama films
- British historical films
- British silent feature films
- English-language films
- Films directed by Maurice Elvey
- 1910s drama films
- 1910s historical films
- Seafaring films
- Films about seafaring accidents or incidents
- Films set in 1852
- 1910s British film stubs
- British black-and-white films