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The Unconquered (1954)
Directed by Nancy Hamilton
Documentary · 55m
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.
Cast
Katharine Cornell
Helen Keller
Crew
- Director
- Nancy Hamilton
- Writer
- James L. Shute, Nancy Hamilton
- Editor
- James L. Shute
- Producer
- Nancy Hamilton
Details
- Release date
- 1954-06-15
- Runtime
- 55m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Albert Margolies, Nancy Hamilton Presentation