Mare Nostrum (1926)

Directed by

Rex Ingram

Genre

silent film, war film, romance film, spy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A Spanish merchant sailor meets a woman during World War I. He gets drawn into a relationship with her and learns she is a German spy.

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What happens

Mare Nostrum is a 1926 American silent war drama film directed by Rex Ingram. It was the first production made by Ingram while in voluntary exile and stars Ingram's wife, Alice Terry. The film is set during World War I, and follows a Spanish merchant sailor who becomes involved with a German spy. It is based on the novel of the same name by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. Long thought lost, the film was re-discovered in 1994. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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