Underplayed Gems

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse poster
Original title
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Directed by
Vincente Minnelli
Genre
drama film, war film
Country
Mexico, United States
Runtime
2h 33m
Rated
16
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 59 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A family is torn apart by World War II. The film follows relatives on opposite sides of the conflict in Europe.

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What happens

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is a 1962 American drama film directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Glenn Ford, Ingrid Thulin, Charles Boyer, Lee J. Cobb, Paul Lukas, Yvette Mimieux, Karl Boehm and Paul Henreid. It is loosely based on the 1916 novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, which had previously been adapted to film in 1921 with Rudolph Valentino. Unlike the first film, it was a critical and commercial disaster, which contributed greatly to the financial problems of MGM. It was one of several very expensive films made by MGM in the early 1960s following the success of Ben-Hur. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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