Overview of the events of 1913 in film
1913 was a particularly fruitful year for film as an art form, and is often cited one of the years in the decade which contributed to the medium the most, along with1917 . The year was one where filmmakers of several countries made great artistic advancements, producing notable pioneering masterpieces such asThe Student of Prague (Stellan Rye),Suspense (Phillips Smalley and Lois Weber),Atlantis (August Blom),Raja Harischandra (D. G. Phalke),Juve contre Fantomas (Louis Feuillade),Quo Vadis? (Enrico Guazzoni),Ingeborg Holm (Victor Sjöström),The Mothering Heart (D. W. Griffith),Ma l’amor mio non muore! (Mario Caserini),L’enfant de Paris (Léonce Perret) andTwilight of a Woman's Soul (Yevgenii Bauer).
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