Helen Keller in Her Story

The Unconquered is an American documentary from 1954 by Nancy Hamilton.

Action

The film tells the story of American writer Helen Keller (1880 - 1968), who was deaf-blind at the age of two years. 1887 was supervised by Anne Sullivan Macy, a 21 -year-old visually impaired teacher, who taught her the finger alphabet.

Your personal background and her childhood and adolescence is accompanied with excerpts from newsreels and photographs. Otherwise, the film shows footage from the everyday life of a writer. In particular, the career and the learning achievements of Helen Keller are highlighted. Together with her ​​teacher Anne and, after Anne's death, her friend Polly Thompson show the public how deaf-blind can communicate with the help of her fingers.

Another issue is Helen Keller's trips abroad and their meetings with celebrities like the violinist Jascha Heifetz, the U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the dancer Martha Graham and director Guthrie McClintic.

Awards

1956 movie with the Oscar Award for Best Documentary.

Background

The premiere took place on 15 June 1954. The film was released under the title of Helen Keller in Her Story.

Spokesperson of the film was Katharine Cornell, a friend of Helen Keller.

In 1919, Helen Keller's life was filmed. In the movie Deliverance was of Etna Ross ( as a child) and Ann Mason represented as ( young woman). Here she also himself before the camera. Helen Keller's life story was the basis for further biopics such as Light in the Dark by Arthur Penn ( 1962).