A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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	Antonio Moreno and Alice Terry. Photograph: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: Alice Terry [Freya Talberg], Antonio Moreno [Ulysses Ferragut], Uni Apollon (Apollon Uni) [the triton (prologue)], Álex Nova [Don Esteban Ferragut (prologue)], Kada-Abd-el-Kader [Ulysses, Don Esteban’s son (prologue)], Hughie Mack [Caragol (prologue)], Mademoiselle Kithnou [Dona Cinta, Ferragut’s wife], Michael Brantford (Mickey Brantford) [Esteban, Ferragut’s son], Rosita Ramirez [Pepita, Ferragut’s niece], Frederick Mariotti (Frédéric Mariotti) [Toni, the mate], Madame Pâquerette [Doctor Fedelmann], Fernand Mailly [Count Kaledine], André von Engelman (Andrews Engelmann) [the submarine commander], John George [the dwarf servant]

Rex Ingram production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation [A Metro-Goldwyn Picture]. / Produced by Rex Ingram. Executive producr, George Noffka. Scenario by Willis Goldbeck, from the novel Maré Nostrum by Vicente Blasco-Ibañez. Production management by Joseph Boyle. [?] Production assistants?, Harry Lachman and Walter Pallmen (Walter Pallman). Art direction by Ben Carré. Construction management by John Birkel. Grip, Michael Powell. Assistant directors, Giuseppe Amato and Joseph Boyle. Photography (cinematography) by John F. Seitz. Film editor, Grant Whytock. Music score compiled by William Axt and David Mendoza. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Ingram’s first independent European production. The production was shot in Nice, France, Spain and Italy. The film was cut by MGM before release in the USA.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Authors: Vicente Blasco-Ibáñez (1867-1928) - Espionage: Spies - Firing squads - France: Nice - Italy - Spain

Listing updated: 5 January 2025.

References: Eames-MGM p. 20; Everson-American pp. 143, 168; Kobal-Fifty p. 30; Lahue-Gentlemen pp. 160, 163 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.