The Unbeliever (1918)
A wealthy young American, bred to class distinction and racial intolerance, enters the Marines during the First World War. In the course of his training and his experiences in the trenches fighting, being wounded by, and being hospitalized with Germans, he comes to a recognition of the equality and brotherhood of men.
- Date of release
- 1918-02-11
- TMDB
- 6.1 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- War, Drama
- Director
- Alan Crosland
Casting
- Erich von Stroheim — Herr Lieutenant Kurt von Schnieditz
- Marguerite Courtot — Virginie Harbrok
- Raymond McKee — Philip Landicutt
- Kate Lester — Margaret Landicutt
- Frank de Vernon — “Uncle Jemmy” Landicutt
- Lew Hart — Hoffman, the German gardener
- Darwin Karr — “Lefty”
- Sgt. Moss Gill, U.S.M.C. — Albert Mullins
- Thomas Sterrett — Captain Thomas Sterrett (as Captain Thomas Sterrett)
- Mortimer Martini — Eugene Harbrok, a Belgium scout
- Blanche Davenport — Madam Harbrok
- Harold Hallacher — Pierre Harbrok, their son
Interesting facts
The Unbeliever is a 1918 American silent propaganda film made towards the end of World War I. It was directed by Alan Crosland for the Edison Company towards its last days as a functioning film-making company. It stars Raymond McKee and Marguerite Courtot, who married a few years later, and Erich von Stroheim.
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