The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921 film by Rex Ingram · Released 1921
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is a 1921 American silent epic war film produced by Metro Pictures Corporation and directed by Rex Ingram. Based on the 1916 Spanish novel The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, it was adapted for the screen by June Mathis. The film stars Pomeroy Cannon, Josef Swickard, Bridgetta Clark, Rudolph Valentino, Wallace Beery, and Alice Terry. Often regarded as one of the first anti-war films, it had a huge cultural impact and became the top-grossing film of 1921 by beating out Charlie Chaplin's The Kid.
Cast ages at release (1921)
- Josef Swickard, as Marcelo Desnoyers: 54–55
- Bridgetta Clark, as Doña Luisa: 29–30
- Rudolph Valentino, as Julio Desnoyers: 25–26
- Wallace Beery, as Lieut: 35–36
- Alice Terry, as Marguerite Laurier: 21–22
- Alan Hale, as Karl von Hartrott: 28–29
- Mabel Van Buren, as Elena: 42–43
- Stuart Holmes, as Otto von Hartrott: 36–37
- Nigel De Brulier, as Tchernoff: 43–44
- Arthur Hoyt, as Lieut: 46–47
- Ramón Novarro: 21–22
- Edward Connelly, as Lodgekeeper: 62–63
- John St. Polis, as Etienne Laurier: 47–48
- Mark Fenton, as Senator Lacour: 54–55
- Harry Northrup, as The General: 45–46