Mare Nostrum (film)

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Mare Nostrum
Directed by Rex Ingram
Produced by Rex Ingram
Written by Willis Goldbeck
from a novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
Starring Antonio Moreno
Mickey Brantford
Alice Terry
Music by William Axt
Cinematography John F. Seitz
Editing by Grant Whytock
Distributed by MGM
Release date(s) 1926
Running time 102 minutes
Country Flag of United States United States
Language Silent film
English intertitles
IMDb profile

Mare Nostrum (1926) is a silent film set during World War I.

[edit] Production

The young Michael Powell worked as an apprentice grip on the film, having been introduced by set-designer Harry Lachman. The part of The Triton was played by the French strongman Apollon (Louis Uni), reputedly one of the strongest men in history.

Long thought lost, the film has recently been re-discovered and restored.

[edit] Cultural impact

Featuring some fine silent acting and primitive special effects, this early spy film was enormously popular in its time.

[edit] Plot summary

The Spanish captain of the eponymous fishing boat in the Mediterranean Sea during World War I falls in love with a German spy.