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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

1921134 minUnited States
War

Synopsis

An Argentine patriarch openly favours one side of his divided European family. The younger generation inherits both affection and resentment before war places national loyalties in opposition. Private relationships become vulnerable to a catastrophe much larger than the household that shaped them.

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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
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132:26
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Wikimedia Commons · Rex Ingram / June Mathis / Vicente Blasco Ibáñez; yts.mx/movies/the-four-horsemen-of-the-apocalypse-1921 · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsRex Ingram

Inspirations

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez's novel supplied the family saga. Screenwriter June Mathis played a central role in bringing the large literary project to Metro, with Rudolph Valentino as Julio.

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