The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
Directed by Vincente Minnelli

War / Drama
aka: Les Quatre cavaliers de l'apocalypse

Film Synopsis

In Argentina, 1938, on the eve of the Second World War, a family is divided by their ideals.  A patriarch landowner has two daughters, who are married to a Frenchman and a German.  When the old man dies, the family moves to Europe and its two halves take up opposite sides in the brewing conflict.  One half of the family becomes a staunch supporter of Nazism, the other ends up supporting the French Resistance during the Occupation...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Vincente Minnelli
  • Script: Robert Ardrey, John Gay, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
  • Cinematographer: Milton R. Krasner
  • Music: André Previn
  • Cast: Glenn Ford (Julio Desnoyers), Ingrid Thulin (Marguerite Laurier), Charles Boyer (Marcelo Desnoyers), Lee J. Cobb (Julio Madariaga), Paul Lukas (Karl von Hartrott), Yvette Mimieux (Chi Chi Desnoyers), Karlheinz Böhm (Heinrich von Hartrott), Paul Henreid (Etienne Laurier), Harriet E. MacGibbon (Dona Luisa Desnoyers), Kathryn Givney (Elena von Hartrott), Marcel Hillaire (Armand Dibier), George Dolenz (Gen. von Kleig), Stephen Bekassy (Col. Kleinsdorf), Nestor Paiva (Miguel), Albert Rémy (François), Jan Arvan (Auctioneer), Brian Avery (Gustav von Hartrott), Paul Bradley (Dining German Officer), Lilyan Chauvin (French Prisoner), Edward Colmans
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 153 min
  • Aka: Les Quatre cavaliers de l'apocalypse

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