The Unbeliever (1918)
A wealthy young American, bred to class distinction and racial intolerance, enters the Marines during the First World War. In the course of his training and his experiences in the trenches fighting, being wounded by, and being hospitalized with Germans, he comes to a recognition of the equality and brotherhood of men.
Director: Alan Crosland
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Erich von Stroheim as Herr Lieutenant Kurt von Schnieditz |
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Marguerite Courtot as Virginie Harbrok |
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Raymond McKee as Philip Landicutt |
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Kate Lester as Margaret Landicutt |
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Frank de Vernon as “Uncle Jemmy” Landicutt |
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Lew Hart as Hoffman, the German gardener |
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Darwin Karr as “Lefty” |
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Sgt. Moss Gill, U.S.M.C. as Albert Mullins |
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Thomas Sterrett as Captain Thomas Sterrett (as Captain Thomas Sterrett) |
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Mortimer Martini as Eugene Harbrok, a Belgium scout |
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Blanche Davenport as Madam Harbrok |
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Harold Hallacher as Pierre Harbrok, their son |
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Earl Schenck as Emanuel Müller |
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Major Thos. Holcomb, U.S.M.C. as Commanding officer of the Marine Sector |
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Gertrude Norman as Marianne Marnholm |
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Lieutenant J. F. Rorke, U.S.M.C. as Lieut. Terence O’Shaughnessey |
| Directing | Alan Crosland | Director |
| Camera | Philip Tannura | Director of Photography |
| Production | George Kleine | Producer |
| Writing | Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews | Novel |