The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (film)

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Metro Pictures poster for the film (1921)
Directed by	Rex Ingram
Produced by	Rex Ingram
Screenplay by	June Mathis
Based on	The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
Starring	Pomeroy Cannon Josef Swickard Bridgetta Clark Rudolph Valentino Wallace Beery Alice Terry
Music by	Louis F. Gottschalk
Production company	Rex Ingram Productions
Distributed by	Metro Pictures
Release date	March 6, 1921 (1921-03-06) (US)
Running time	134 minutes (edited version) 156 minutes (complete version)
Country	United States
Language	Silent English intertitles
Budget	$800,000
Box office	$9,200,000

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is a 1921 American silent epic war film produced by Metro Pictures Corporation and directed by Rex Ingram. Based on the Spanish novel The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, it was adapted for the screen by June Mathis. The film stars Pomeroy Cannon, Josef Swickard, Bridgetta Clark, Rudolph Valentino, Wallace Beery, and Alice Terry.

Often regarded as one of the first true anti-war films, it had a huge cultural impact and became the top-grossing film of 1921, beating out Charlie Chaplin's The Kid. The film turned then-little-known actor Rudolph Valentino into a superstar and associated him with the image of the . The film also inspired a tango craze and such fashion fads as gaucho pants. The film was masterminded by June Mathis, who, with its success, became one of the most powerful women in Hollywood at the time.

In 1995, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film is now in the public domain, having been made before 1923. A DVD version was released in 2000 but is now out of print. The film is now available for free download on the Internet Archive.