The Unconquered (1954)
55 min
Narrated by actress Katharine Cornell and filmed in black and white, it spends the first 24 minutes introducing viewers, through newsreels, interviews, and old photographs, to the story of the deaf and blind disabled-rights pioneer. News footage shows her international appearances and visits with heads of state, including President Eisenhower allowing her to feel his face. The second half takes a day-in-the-(exceptional)-life approach to Keller's existence circa 1955. Made just 13 years before her death, Keller's famed tutor-translator-friend Anne Sullivan had already died, leaving her live-in replacement, Polly Thomson, to share the film's focus. From the time Keller takes her morning walk along the 1,000-foot handrail around her yard through her workday to her nightly reading of her Braille Bible, her serene acceptance of her life will amaze and inspire. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2006.
- Data de estreia
- 15 de junho de 1954
- País de origem
- Estados Unidos
Elenco
- Katharine Cornell como Self - Narrator
- Helen Keller como Self
- Polly Thompson como Self - Helen Keller's companion
- Dwight D. Eisenhower como Self - Face felt by Helen Keller
- Martha Graham como Self - At her dance studio
- Jascha Heifetz como Self - Plays for Helen Keller
- Robert Helpmann como Self - Demonstrates for Helen Keller
- Gertrude Stein como Self - In Louis Braille procession
- Anne Sullivan como Self
Equipe
- Dwight D. Eisenhower · Imagens de arquivo
- Martha Graham · Imagens de arquivo
- Jascha Heifetz · Imagens de arquivo
- Robert Helpmann · Imagens de arquivo
- Gertrude Stein · Imagens de arquivo
- Anne Sullivan · Imagens de arquivo
- Nancy Hamilton · Diretor(a)
- Nancy Hamilton · Roteirista
- James L. Shute · Roteirista
- Nancy Hamilton · Produtor(a)
- Morgan Lewis · Compositor(a)
- Joe Lipkowitz · Diretor(a) de fotografia
- James L. Shute · Editor(a)