The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) is available to watch online on iFILM — director Rex Ingram's silent epic adapted from Vicente Blasco Ibáñez's bestselling novel, and the film that redefined Hollywood spectacle after the First World War.

A wealthy Argentine family fractures across continents: one branch settles in France, the other in Germany. When war breaks out, relatives end up in opposing trenches. Young Julio Desnoyers, played by Rudolph Valentino, is still dancing tango in Parisian cafés when the front comes to find him.

This is the role that made Valentino a star — his presence and that now-iconic tango sequence turned a war film into a cultural phenomenon. The picture topped the 1921 box office and remains one of the most influential productions of the silent era. Stream The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse online on iFILM.