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Civilization (1916)
Directed by Thomas H. Ince, Reginald Barker, Raymond B. West
“An epic of humanity”
Drama · 1h 26m
Count Ferdinand, a submarine commander and secret pacifist refuses to torpedo a defenseless passenger ship during wartime. His submarine is sunk in the following fracas. In the spirit world, Christ commends the captain, and returns to earth in the commander's body to promote His message of peace.
Cast
Kate Bruce
A Mother
J. Frank Burke
Luther Rolf - The Peace Advocate
Claire Du Brey
George Fisher
The Christ
Charles K. French
The Prime Minister
Thomas H. Ince
Himself - in Prologue
Herschel Mayall
The King of Wredpryd
L
Lola May
Queen Engenie
Howard Hickman
Count Ferdinand
Enid Markey
Katheryn Haldemann
John Gilbert
Extra (uncredited)
Alice Terry
Extra (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Thomas H. Ince, Reginald Barker, Raymond B. West
- Writer
- C. Gardner Sullivan
- Director of Photography
- Charles E. Kaufman, Devereaux Jennings, Robert Newhard, Dal Clawson, Joseph H. August, Clyde De Vinna, Otis M. Gove, Irvin Willat
- Original Music Composer
- Victor Schertzinger
- Editor
- Thomas H. Ince, Hal C. Kern, LeRoy Stone, Irvin Willat
- Producer
- Thomas H. Ince
Details
- Release date
- 1916-06-02
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- No Language
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Thomas H. Ince Corporation