The Unbeliever

The Unbeliever

80 mins | Drama, War | Feb. 15, 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.

The Unbeliever

80 mins | Drama, War | Feb. 15, 1918

The Unbeliever
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.
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers Edison Manufacturing Company, Perfection Pictures
Original title The Unbeliever
Directors Alan Crosland
Writers Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews

Cast

Erich von Stroheim

as Herr Lieutenant Kurt von Schnieditz

Marguerite Courtot

as Virginie Harbrok

Raymond McKee

as Philip Landicutt

Kate Lester

as Margaret Landicutt

Frank de Vernon

as “Uncle Jemmy” Landicutt

Lew Hart

as Hoffman, the German gardener

Darwin Karr

as “Lefty”

Sgt. Moss Gill, U.S.M.C.

as Albert Mullins

Thomas Sterrett

as Captain Thomas Sterrett (as Captain Thomas Sterrett)

Mortimer Martini

as Eugene Harbrok, a Belgium scout

Blanche Davenport

as Madam Harbrok

Harold Hallacher

as Pierre Harbrok, their son

Earl Schenck

as Emanuel Müller

Major Thos. Holcomb, U.S.M.C.

as Commanding officer of the Marine Sector

Gertrude Norman

as Marianne Marnholm

Lieutenant J. F. Rorke, U.S.M.C.

as Lieut. Terence O’Shaughnessey