Peer Gynt (1915 film)

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Peer Gynt
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Scene from the film
Directed by Oscar Apfel
Raoul Walsh
Screenplay byOscar Apfel
Henrik Ibsen (play)
Starring Cyril Maude
Myrtle Stedman
Fanny Stockbridge
Mary Reubens
Mary Ruby
Winifred Bryson
Production
company
Oliver Morosco Photoplay Company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • September 16, 1915 (1915-09-16)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Peer Gynt is a surviving 1915 American fantasy silent film directed by Oscar Apfel and Raoul Walsh and adapted from the Henrik Ibsen play by Oscar Apfel. The film stars Cyril Maude, Myrtle Stedman, Fanny Stockbridge, Mary Reubens, Mary Ruby and Winifred Bryson. The film was released on September 16, 1915, by Paramount Pictures. [1] [2]

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Preservation status

Prints are preserved at the Library of Congress and the BFI National Film and Television Archive. [3] [4]

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References

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  4. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress (<-book title) p.140 c.1978 by The American Film Institute