Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (film)

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Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Poster
Directed by	Vincente Minnelli
Starring	Glenn Ford Paul Henreid Ingrid Thulin Charles Boyer Lee J. Cobb
Music by	André Previn
Distributed by	MGM
Running time	153 mins
Country	USA
Language	English

For the 1921 film version, see The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (film).

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is a 1962 drama film based on a novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, directed by Vincente Minnelli, and starring Glenn Ford, Ingrid Thulin, Charles Boyer, Lee J. Cobb, Paul Lukas, Yvette Mimieux, Karlheinz Böhm, and Paul Henreid. The film was released by MGM, and lost six million dollars at the box office, having been compared unfavorably to the famous 1921 silent film version starring Rudolph Valentino, especially due to the fact that Ford now played the Valentino role and was considered severely miscast. (The 1921 version is the film in which Rudolph Valentino famously danced the tango.)

The director wanted the starring roles to be filled by Alain Delon and Romy Schneider, but both refused for commercial reasons. Glenn Ford and Ingrid Thulin were much older than the characters in the book. The period in which the plot is set was changed from World War I to World War II for the film. Although Ingrid Thulin spoke English well, she was dubbed by Angela Lansbury. The film is considered a masterpiece in France, Argentina and Spain.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Cast

Glenn Ford : Julio Desnoyers
Ingrid Thulin : Marguerite Laurier
Charles Boyer : Julio's father
Yvette Mimieux : Gigi
Lee J. Cobb : Madariaga
Paul Henreid : Etienne Laurier

[edit] Soundtrack

The soundtrack score was composed by André Previn. Alan and Marilyn Bergman later wrote lyrics to Previn's score. This song "More In Love With You" was recorded by Barbra Streisand for "The Movie Album" (2003).

[edit] External links

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse at the Internet Movie Database

v • d • e The films of Vincente Minnelli

1940s	Cabin in the Sky • I Dood It • Meet Me in St. Louis • The Clock • Yolanda and the Thief • Ziegfeld Follies (with Lemuel Ayres, Roy Del Ruth, Robert Lewis, Merrill Pye and George Sidney) • Undercurrent • The Pirate • Madame Bovary

1950s	Father of the Bride • Father's Little Dividend • An American in Paris • The Bad and the Beautiful • The Story of Three Loves (with Gottfried Reinhardt) • The Band Wagon • The Long, Long Trailer • Brigadoon • The Cobweb • Kismet • Lust for Life • Tea and Sympathy • Designing Woman • Gigi • The Reluctant Debutante • Some Came Running

1960s	Home from the Hill • Bells Are Ringing • Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse • Two Weeks in Another Town • The Courtship of Eddie's Father • Goodbye Charlie • The Sandpiper

1970s	On a Clear Day You Can See Forever • A Matter of Time