The Unbeliever

February. 15,1918      
Rating:
6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Erich von Stroheim as  Herr Lieutenant Kurt von Schnieditz
Marguerite Courtot as  Virginie Harbrok
Raymond McKee as  Philip Landicutt
Kate Lester as  Margaret Landicutt
Darwin Karr as  “Lefty”
Earl Schenck as  Emanuel Müller

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Reviews

Hellen
1918/02/15

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

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Claysaba
1918/02/16

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

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Tedfoldol
1918/02/17

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

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Zandra
1918/02/18

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

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JohnHowardReid
1918/02/19

D.W. Griffith wasn't the only person who could deliver riveting battle scenes. Now available on an excellent Alpha DVD in an immaculately preserved tinted copy (blown up from 8mm), this spectacular film with its huge cast, most effective locations and huge battle scenes, superbly directed by Alan Crosland, still strikes home. One of the reasons this must-see movie is so surprisingly realistic is that it was made with the active participation of hundreds (if not thousands) of real-life marines. Thus it still strikes home and carries a most effective anti-war message today. Admittedly, aside from Erich Von Stroheim as a sadistic German officer who hates Belgians even more than he hates Americans, the players are now largely unknown to the vast majority of Hollywood fans, despite the fact that Raymond McKee made hundreds of movies (mostly shorts) and his wife, Marguerite Courtot (they were married in 1923) no less than eighty-nine.

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cricket crockett
1918/02/20

. . . then THE UNBELIEVER is must-watch programming for you. It's one of the few features still available for viewing today which was made DURING WWI. Furthermore, it features HUNDREDS of REAL LIVE MARINES playing the roles of extras in some of the most realistic battle scenes ever filmed up till then (sadly, it's likely many of these men were killed in action during trench warfare, or died otherwise via the flu bug, etc. before they could return to civilian life). Many of the military officers featured here are actual U.S. Marine Corps majors and lieutenants. If Thomas Edison had been born a few decades earlier, perhaps he would have released a movie entitled GETTYSBURG in 1864 featuring the training of the actual infantrymen involved in Pickett's charge. That would be something to see! Unfortunately, THE UNBELIEVER is based on a women's magazine short story by Mary Raymond Shipman, a writer known for mawkish pablum. Therefore, the actors have NO chance to make her whimsical plotting believable, which might be forgivable in a light comedy but NOT in a war story. It says a lot about the quality of the 1,200 Edison pictures that the Kino people were forced to select THE UNBELIEVER as the best representative of the 54 feature-length flicks released by Edison Manufacturing Company on their 4-DVD set entitled INVENTING THE MOVIES.

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Snow Leopard
1918/02/21

This World War I drama is still worthwhile, with an interesting and sometimes thought-provoking story, as well as high quality craftsmanship for its time. The story effectively combines civilian and military settings to develop the characters and to bring out its main points. The cast members all give solid performances, usually allowing the material to speak louder than their own gestures or actions. The scenes of battle and of military life were made with the participation of a battalion of US Marines, and as a result the detail and atmosphere are quite realistic.The story follows a young man from an upper class family, as his life and attitudes change as the result of serving at the front. It brings out contrasting perspectives about the war itself and also about class differences, religious belief, and the like. Having been made with the war still in progress, it's understandable if on occasion the issues are simplified just a little, but overall it provides some worthwhile thoughts. Director Alan Crosland puts things together nicely, and tells the story at a good pace.Amongst other things, it memorably depicts the horrible ordeal of the civilians innocently stuck near the fighting zones. It is also quite interesting that the rank-and-file German soldiers are often portrayed sympathetically, while the German officers (one of whom is portrayed by a young-looking Erich Von Stroheim) are shown as the ones responsible for the outrages and inhuman actions.Whether because of the grueling nature of the conflict, or for some other reason, World War I inspired many fine movies that hold up many years later. Although this feature doesn't have quite the complexity or depth of purpose of the greatest World War I movies like "The Big Parade" or "All Quiet On The Western Front", it still has quite a bit to say, and it does so rather effectively.

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boblipton
1918/02/22

An excellent melodrama from World War One, with von Stroheim as an over-the-top Hun who rips the hair from Belgian children, knocks down grandmothers, shoots them, tries to rape women and destroys German soldiers' musical instruments with the statement "You are here to fight, not to fiddle!" -- the Man You Love To Hate in full roar. The story itself, is about an aristocratic Long Islander who finds God and a love of his fellow man in the clean dry trenches. It is, in essence, fairly typical of the sort of war film made in the era and its prettying of the battlefield in understandable in the context of propaganda.This movie, sometimes credited as the last release of the Edison film unit, is magnificently directed by Alan Crosland, who would go on to direct THE JAZZ SINGER and other good movies: he is another of the under-appreciated silent directors. I wrote 'magnifcently' and I mean it. The story is told clearly and interestingly with every shot well composed and fine use of cutting speed to increase tension. If you have any taste at all for silent movies, you need to see this one.

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