The story of a female German spy who willingly sacrifices her life for her country.The story of a female German spy who willingly sacrifices her life for her country.The story of a female German spy who willingly sacrifices her life for her country.
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Apollon Uni
- The Triton (prologue)
- (as Uni Apollon)
Álex Nova
- Don Esteban Ferragut (prologue)
- (as Alex Nova)
Mademoiselle Kithnou
- Ferragut's Wife - Dona Cinta
- (as Mle. Kithnou)
Mickey Brantford
- Ferragut's Son - Esteban
- (as Michael Brantford)
Frédéric Mariotti
- Toni - the Mate
- (as Fredrick Mariotti)
Pâquerette
- Doctor Fedelmann
- (as Mme. Paquerette)
Andrews Engelmann
- Submarine Commander
- (as André von Engelman)
John George
- A Servant
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaFollowing political pressure from the UK, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer withdrew this film from British territories following its initial theatrical run.
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Title Card: Between Europe and Africa, stretching from Gibraltar to the Syrian coast, lies the Mediterranean, land-locked and tideless, known to the ancients as Mare Nostrum - "Our Sea".
- Alternate versionsTurner Classic Movies showed a version with an uncredited piano score that ran 102 minutes.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hollywood (1980)
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MARE NOSTRUM (Rex Ingram, 1926) ***
This is a lavishly produced wartime romance and, as is typical of Ingram, quite stylishly handled (benefiting also from the fact that it was filmed in Europe, the director himself being based in France). The plot places its old-fashioned impossible and, inevitably, tragic love story against the backdrop of a nostalgic view of the sea and the simple fisher-folk who live and die in it, the bourgeoisie with their stuck-up attitude and high ideals and, naturally, an impending world-war situation; for all that, it's most interesting when dealing with the various espionage elements and especially the two submarine attacks (which must have been a novelty at the time) led by a bald-headed and aristocratic German officer, obviously inspired by Erich von Stroheim!
Still, Alice Terry's poignant performance as the female spy (who has mixed emotions about her mission and who happens to be the spitting image of Amphitrite, the Sea Goddess who protects fishermen) is the core of the film; this was perhaps the best role she ever had (directed, naturally, by her husband). Antonio Moreno is less impressive as the male lead, though his disheveled appearance when forced to work for the enemy and following his son's death (for which he is partly to blame) is appropriately world-weary. The beautiful and poetic finale, then, sees the drowning Moreno (after his ship was torpedoed by the sub he helped fuel!) being picked up by Amphitrite herself. Reportedly, this was Ingram's favorite among his own films - as well as Terry herself and Moreno, too!
Still, Alice Terry's poignant performance as the female spy (who has mixed emotions about her mission and who happens to be the spitting image of Amphitrite, the Sea Goddess who protects fishermen) is the core of the film; this was perhaps the best role she ever had (directed, naturally, by her husband). Antonio Moreno is less impressive as the male lead, though his disheveled appearance when forced to work for the enemy and following his son's death (for which he is partly to blame) is appropriately world-weary. The beautiful and poetic finale, then, sees the drowning Moreno (after his ship was torpedoed by the sub he helped fuel!) being picked up by Amphitrite herself. Reportedly, this was Ingram's favorite among his own films - as well as Terry herself and Moreno, too!
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- Bunuel1976
- Aug 18, 2006
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- Gross US & Canada
- $620,079
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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