The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)

Director:

Vincente Minnelli

Writers:

Robert Ardrey (screenplay) and
John Gay (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

18 January 1962 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

From Ibanez' immortal classic, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents an unforgettable motion picture

Plot:

Karl from Germany and Marcelo from France emigrated to Argentina and became brothers-in-law. Whatever...

Plot Keywords:

Playboy | Resistance | Partisan | General | WWII

Cast

Glenn Ford	...	Julio Desnoyers
Ingrid Thulin	...	Marguerite Laurier
Charles Boyer	...	Marcelo Desnoyers
Lee J. Cobb	...	Julio Madariaga
Paul Lukas	...	Karl von Hartrott
Yvette Mimieux	...	Chi Chi Desnoyers
Karlheinz Böhm	...	Heinrich von Hartrott (as Karl Boehm)
Paul Henreid	...	Etienne Laurier
Harriet E. MacGibbon	...	Dona Luisa Desnoyers (as Harriet MacGibbon)
Kathryn Givney	...	Elena von Hartrott
Marcel Hillaire	...	Armand Dibier
George Dolenz	...	Gen. von Kleig
Stephen Bekassy	...	Col. Kleinsdorf
Nestor Paiva	...	Miguel
Albert Rémy	...	François (as Albert Remy)

Runtime:

153 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

According to Martin Gottfried in his biography of Angela Lansbury, "Balancing Act", she dubbed Ingrid Thulin's voice as a favor to her husband Peter Shaw, then an executive at MGM.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Karl is proposing a toast in honor of the family reunited at last (1h 01'), we can see Julio successively in the mirror and in close-up. In the mirror he has a glass in his left hand, but in close-ups the glass is in his right hand. The left-right hand images alternates three times.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Le fantôme d'Henri Langlois (2004)

Soundtrack:

Mine For the Moment

Great Love Story Romantic and all in all not a bad movie

One of Glenn Fords best performances. Andre Previn's musical score one of his best.

Studio troubles, politics seemed to interfere with the production.

I wanted it the film to be better, but still give it a 10.

Boyer is great and so is Tuilin, in the role of the war wife. Hendric Hendicx is fine, but too small a part.

Based on a true family I understand.

MGM was struggling and running out of money, after Cleopatra's over runs. The music almost defines, why this is a great film, it tells us more than the camera shows, but together you receive the true gift in the performances and script.