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Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon, Mary Howard, Minor Watson, Alan Baxter, Harvey Stephens, Howard Da Silva, Louis Jean Heydt, Aldrich Bowker (mehr)Inhalte(1)
Raymond Massey stars in the role that would make his face synonymous with that of the martyred president. In scenes that span from Lincoln's early days as a modest shopkeeper to his reluctant decision to run for political office, Massey's performance is consistently brilliant, carrying the audience into the struggles of the man the world came to know as the Great Emancipator. In addition to delving into major social and political events from 1831 to 1860, the story explores Lincoln's romance with Ann Rutledge (Mary Howard), her subsequent death from brain fever, and the misery placed upon him by his mentally unstable wife, Mary, played passionately by Ruth Gordon in her screen debut. (Verleiher-Text)
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Considering how old it is and how strange and stiff it seems in the first few minutes, it eventually turns into a good movie, especially with Raymond Massey showing that the character of Abraham Lincoln is gratifying, and if portrayed by a good actor, it doesn't come across as overly melodramatic as you might fear.
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