The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921 · Movie · 156 min · ★ 6.6 · 75% critics
A wealthy family with ties to both France and Germany is split across Europe just as World War I begins. Old rivalries, romance, and shifting loyalties collide as the conflict pulls relatives onto opposing sides and changes what once seemed important.
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Details
- Years
- 1921
- Release date
- 1921-03-06
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 156 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (60 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy silent-era epics with romance, family conflict, and wartime emotion like Wings or Orphans of the Storm; Not for you if older melodrama feels tiring.
Pros: powerful anti-war message; grand epic scale; memorable tango scene | Cons: lengthy runtime; dated melodrama; one-sided portrayals
Themes
- nurse
- world war i
- artist
- tango
- castle
- duty
- argentina
- love affair
- destruction
- death
- silent film
- firing squad
- +5 more
Cast & crew
Rudolph Valentino
as Julio Desnoyers
Josef Swickard
as Marcelo Desnoyers
Alice Terry
as Marguerite Laurier
Alan Hale
as Karl von Hartrott
Pomeroy Cannon
as Madariaga
- BC
Bridgetta Clark
as Doña Luisa
- VW
Virginia Warwick
as Chichí
Mabel Van Buren
as Elena
Stuart Holmes
as Otto von Hartrott
John St. Polis
as Etienne Laurier
Directed by Rex Ingram