Consists of two parts: Part One: The Life of John Bunyon (2 reels); Part Two: The Pilgrim's Progress (3 reels).
Production
Five reels of 1912 ambition — they built actual sets for this.
Acting
Warner Oland before he became your racist childhood Fu Manchu.
Director
Francis Powers
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was among the most expensive films of its era — $100,000 in 1912 equals roughly $3 million today, spent on a religious allegory most audiences couldn't even read.
Bunyan's original 1678 novel was the first English novel — this adaptation tried to make it the first cinematic epic, and failed so completely that no prints survive.
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