Civilization (1916)
June 2, 1916Release Date
Civilization (1916)
June 2, 1916Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
J. Frank Burke
Luther Rolf - The Peace Advocate
Howard Hickman
Count Ferdinand
Enid Markey
Katheryn Haldemann
George Fisher
The Christ
Lola May
Queen Eugenie
Kate Bruce
A Mother
Charles K. French
The Prime Minister
Reginald Barker
Director
Herschel Mayall
The King of Wredpryd
Thomas H. Ince
Director
Raymond B. West
Director
Walter Edwards
Director
David Hartford
Director
Jay Hunt
Director
John Gilbert
Extra (uncredited)
Alice Terry
Extra (uncredited)
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Civilization is a 1916 American pacifist drama film produced by Thomas H. Ince, written by C. Gardner Sullivan and Edward Sloman, and directed by Ince, Reginald Barker and Raymond B. West. The story involves a submarine commander who refuses to fire at a civilian ocean liner supposedly carrying ammunition for his country's enemies. The film was a big-budget spectacle that was compared to both The Birth of a Nation and the paintings of Jean-François Millet. The film was a popular success and was credited by the Democratic National Committee with helping to re-elect Woodrow Wilson as the U.S. president in 1916. The film was one of the early movies to depict Jesus Christ as a character, leading some to criticize the depiction as in "poor taste."
Civilization is sometimes viewed as one of the first anti-war films. In 1999, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".