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Les Quatre Cavaliers de l'Apocalypse

Original title: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
  • 1921
  • Passed
  • 2h 30m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
3.8K
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Les Quatre Cavaliers de l'Apocalypse (1921)
EpicWar EpicDramaRomanceWar

An extended family split up in France and Germany find themselves on opposing sides of the battlefield during World War I.An extended family split up in France and Germany find themselves on opposing sides of the battlefield during World War I.An extended family split up in France and Germany find themselves on opposing sides of the battlefield during World War I.

  • Director
    • Rex Ingram
  • Writers
    • Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
    • June Mathis
  • Stars
    • Rudolph Valentino
    • Alice Terry
    • Pomeroy Cannon
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    3.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Rex Ingram
    • Writers
      • Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
      • June Mathis
    • Stars
      • Rudolph Valentino
      • Alice Terry
      • Pomeroy Cannon
    • 55User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win total

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    Rudolph Valentino
    Rudolph Valentino
    • Julio Desnoyers
    Alice Terry
    Alice Terry
    • Marguerite Laurier
    Pomeroy Cannon
    Pomeroy Cannon
    • Julio Madariaga
    Josef Swickard
    Josef Swickard
    • Marcelo Desnoyers
    Bridgetta Clark
    • Doña Luisa Mdariaga Desnoyers
    Virginia Warwick
    • Chichí Desnoyers
    Alan Hale
    Alan Hale
    • Karl von Hartrott
    Mabel Van Buren
    Mabel Van Buren
    • Elena Madariaga von Hartrott
    Stuart Holmes
    Stuart Holmes
    • Otto von Hartrott
    John St. Polis
    John St. Polis
    • Etienne Laurier
    • (as John Sainpolis)
    Mark Fenton
    • Senator Lacour
    Derek Ghent
    • René Lacour
    • (as Derrick Ghent)
    Nigel De Brulier
    Nigel De Brulier
    • Tchernoff
    • (as Nigel de Brulier)
    Bowditch M. Turner
    • Argensola
    • (as Brodwitch Turner)
    Edward Connelly
    Edward Connelly
    • Lodgekeeper
    Wallace Beery
    Wallace Beery
    • Lt. Col. von Richthosen
    Harry Northrup
    Harry Northrup
    • The General
    Arthur Hoyt
    Arthur Hoyt
    • Lt. Schnitz
    • Director
      • Rex Ingram
    • Writers
      • Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
      • June Mathis
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews55

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    6gavin6942

    Minor Silent Epic

    An extended family split up in France and Germany find themselves on opposing sides of the battlefield during World War I.

    Often regarded as one of the first true anti-war films, it had a huge cultural impact and became the top-grossing film of 1921, beating out Charlie Chaplin's "The Kid". The film turned then-little-known actor Rudolph Valentino into a superstar and associated him with the image of the Latin Lover. The film also inspired a tango craze and such fashion fads as gaucho pants. The film was masterminded by June Mathis, who, with its success, became one of the most powerful women in Hollywood at the time.

    Despite this -- the sales, the Valentino connection, and more... this is a little-known film and one that is rarely seen. Even being preserved by the Library of Congress (which is how it got on my to-see list) has not really raised its stature much. And yet, it is a minor silent epic that could be seen as the equal of anything DeMille or Griffith put out.
    8jojofla

    Astonishing imagery

    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is an astonishing and spectacular film. I agree with most of the other comments, that this film is definitely a must-see, though I have reservations about some unevenness in the plotting. But the spectacle, the fire-and-brimstone imagery, and the excellent star-making performance by Valentino more than compensate. In many ways, it DOES tower above 99 percent of what Hollywood throws up today.
    9gbheron

    An Early Epic

    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, released in 1921, is so well made that it overcomes the enormous obstacles of technology. The story is of epic proportions. Set immediately before World War I, it deals with a rich Argentine family, one branch recently arrived from France, the other from Germany. After the death of the patriarch each branch returns to their respective homelands as Europe slides into war. Deep, rich subplots abound, with much time spent on the adulterous affair of the indolent French grandson (Valentino) with the young married wife of an older businessman. Quite a surprising treatment of such mature subject matter.

    Made when the wounds of WWI were still open and sore, the film's themes are grim and dripping with overt religiosity. But this is what The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is all about, the horror of war, and the redemption of man through personal sacrifice.

    An excellent film, recommended highly.
    7springfieldrental

    Valentino Catapults Into Stardom

    The image of the suave, rich Latino lover Rudolph Vanentino began with his lead role in March 1921's "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse," produced by Metro Pictures. The Italian-born actor, however, was anything but rich when he signed with Metro. The studio was notoriously cheap when it came to paying second-tier actors, which Valentino was at the time.

    The role of Julio Desnoyers in "Apocalypse" required not only for him to dress as an Argentina gaucho and a French World War One soldier, but also as a civilian. Metro lent him just the first two outfits, requiring the $350 per weekly-paid Valentino to dish out of his own pocket money for 25 custom-fitted suits. The clothes bill took the actor over a year to pay off, such was the enormity of the expense. The irony is the studio made a fortune on "Apocalypse," cashing in as the number one box office hit for 1921 as well as being the sixth most profitable silent movie ever made.

    Metro executive/scriptwriter June Mathis was responsible for casting Valentino in the "Apocalypse" lead. The role immediately catapulted the actor into instant stardom. Mathis had seen him in 1919's 'Eyes of Youth,' a film just before Valentino's first lead in the low budget 'The Delicious Little Devil.' Mathis convinced Metro to purchase Vicente Blasco Ibáñez's 1916 anti-war novel, 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.' In the book, one of its characters describes upon seeing French soldiers marching to war as having visions in Biblical terms the currents state of the world in the four horsemen symbolizing the Plague (or Conquest), War, Famine, and Death. The plot of an extended Argentinean family, one side French, the other German, eventually confronting one another on the Western Front with fatal consequences, was seen by Hollywood studios as impossible to deliver it coherently to the screen. But Mathias adapted the book into a cohesive script, impressing Metro executives.

    She knew how to showcase set-pieces that created lasting impressions on viewers. Mathis introduces Valentino in a nightclub setting, where he cuts in on a couple performing the tango. He then gracefully dances with the actress Beatrice Dominguez, setting off the public craze of doing the tango as well as wearing the gaucho outfit similar to Valentino's. The actor had worked as a taxi dancer in New York City when he first immigrated from Italy, and Mathis, knowing his background, drew up the scene especially for him even though it wasn't in the novel.
    Snow Leopard

    Worthwhile & Interesting

    Besides being a worthwhile and interesting drama, "The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse" is also one of the few Rudolph Valentino films that still holds up well in its own right, rather than as a mere memento of the popularity he held in his own era. The story works both Valentino and the rest of the cast into a good story that contrasts their lives in peacetime with their experiences during the Great War.

    The story is set up well in the earlier stages, as the personalities and the relationships of the characters are defined. When the war begins, the story uses it to bring out many different facets of the characters' natures. Their reactions and decisions not only comment on the war itself, but on human nature and on the way that different persons react in times of crisis.

    There are a couple of memorable sequence that tie together several of these themes.

    The imagery of the 'four horsemen' is rather obvious, but it is used sparingly enough to keep it from being obtrusive. The story, likewise, makes use of a couple of overly convenient coincidences, but overall it is believable and at times compelling, as is the movie as a whole.

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    • Trivia
      Rudolph Valentino signed onto the film for $350 a week, less than Wallace Beery earned for his small role as a German officer. Metro provided Valentino only with his Argentine gaucho costume and his French soldier's uniform. For the Parisian sequence Valentino purchased more than 25 custom-fitted suits from a New York tailor, which he spent the next year paying for.
    • Goofs
      The same shot of a cat clawing at a small poodle while sitting on top of a piano is used two different times.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Tchernoff: Peace has come - but the Four Horsemen will still ravage humanity - stirring unrest in the world - until all hatred is dead and only love reigns in the heart of mankind.

    • Alternate versions
      In 1993 Turner Entertainment in association with Britain's Channel Four distributed a full restoration by Kevin Brownlow and David Gill's Photoplay Productions. The restoration includes many scenes that had been deleted or thought missing since the film's premiere, including original tinting and a single shot of a brief Prizma Color sequence that had been in the original release. The restored film is accompanied by a new original score composed and conducted by Carl Davis.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Movies March On (1939)
    • Soundtracks
      Apocalypse Theme
      (1993)

      Music by Carl Davis

      Based on the Fantasia Sonata "Après une lecture du Dante" by Franz Liszt (1849)

      Performed by Orchestre Symphonique de Radio-Télé Luxembourg (as Symphony Orchestra of Radio-Télé Luxembourg) lead by Philippe Koch

      In the score of the 1993 restored version

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    • Release date
      • October 27, 1922 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
    • Filming locations
      • Gilmore Ranch, Fairfax, Los Angeles, California, USA(South American scenes)
    • Production company
      • Metro Pictures Corporation
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    • Budget
      • $800,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $9,183,673
    • Gross worldwide
      • $9,183,673
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    • Runtime
      • 2h 30m(150 min)
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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