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The Patriot Overview:

The Patriot (1928) was a Lost Films - Film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and produced by Ernst Lubitsch.

Academy Awards 1928/29 --- Ceremony Number 2 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best ActorLewis StoneNominated
Best Art DirectionHans DreierNominated
Best DirectorErnst LubitschNominated
Best PictureParamount Famous LaskyNominated

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The Patriot Facts
Filmed as a silent, but music and sound effects were added in post-production.

Although this film is presumed lost, excerpts do survive, including a trailer, which is one of the 50 films in the 3-disk boxed DVD set called "More Treasures from American Film Archives, 1894-1931" (2004), compiled by the National Film Preservation Foundation from 5 American film archives. It is preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive and has a running time of 3 minutes.

The voice of Emil Jannings was replaced by that of another actor. However Jannings threatened legal action if the new soundtrack was not erased, and the dubbed voice was removed.

This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.

A single reel survives in the Portuguese Film Archive and has been preserved.

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