''Ingomar, the Barbarian'' is a 1908 American
silent short
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drama film
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directed by
D. W. Griffith.
It has been placed in the same genre as the theatrical
toga play.
[Richards, Jeffrey]
"Review: ''Playing out the Empire: Ben-Hur and other Toga Plays and Films, 1883-1908''". D. Mayer (Ed.)
''New Theatre Quarterly
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'', Volume 10, No. 40 (November 1994), p. 393. It is based on the play of the same name by
Maria Ann Lovell.
Plot
Parthenia seeks her father who is captured by barbarians. She starts the search alone and finds the barbarian camp. She is captured by the barbarians where Ingomar is the leader. The undaunted girl compels the admiration of Ingomar. He releases her father to seek for hidden money and keeps Parthenia as a hostage. She teaches him what love is. Ingomar at heart is “sterling”. At first amused, then interested he learns the true meaning of love. Admiration gives way to passion and Ingomar becomes her champion. Then there is a mutiny among the barbarians and they abduct Parthenia. Ingomar rescues her, forsakes his tribe and escorts Parthenia home where Polydor, an old suitor, starts trouble. He buys up the debt of her father and, because her father can’t pay his debts, demands Parthenia and her father to be slaves. Ingomar marvels at such “civilised” conduct and wants to kill Polydor. Partnenia prevents this and Ingomar offers himself in their place and Polydor accepts. When the barbarians besiege the city they think Ingomar is held against his will. Ingomar saves the city and Polydor is driven forth. Ingomar wins Parthenia and is made governor by the citizens.
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Cast
* Charles Inslee
Charles E. Inslee (1870 – September 1922) was an American actor. He appeared in 127 films between 1908 and 1921.
Biography
Born in New York City, Inslee was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Inslee of Jamaica Plain
Jamaica Plain is ...
as Ingomar
* Harry Solter
Henry Lewis "Harry" Solter (November 19, 1873 – March 2, 1920) was an American silent film actor, screenwriter and director.
Career
Solter began his career as an actor in 1908 with Biograph Studios. That same year he met actress Florenc ...
as Myron
* Florence Lawrence as Parthenia
* George Gebhardt
George Gebhardt (September 21, 1879 – May 2, 1919) was an American silent film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1908 and 1922. He was born in Basel, Switzerland and died in Edendale, Los Angeles from tuberculosis.
Selecte ...
as Polydor, the Merchant
* Linda Arvidson
Linda Arvidson (born Linda Arvidson Johnson, July 12, 1884 – July 26, 1949; sometimes credited as Linda Griffith) was an American stage and film actress who became one of America's early motion picture stars while working at Biograph Studios i ...
* D. W. Griffith
* Arthur V. Johnson as Barbarian
* Wilfred Lucas
Wilfred Van Norman Lucas (January 30, 1871 – December 13, 1940) was a Canadian American stage actor who found success in film as an actor, director, and screenwriter.
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Lucas was born in Norfolk County, Ontario on January 30, 1871,US ...
* Mack Sennett
Mack Sennett (born Michael Sinnott; January 17, 1880 – November 5, 1960) was a Canadian-American film actor, director, and producer, and studio head, known as the 'King of Comedy'.
Born in Danville, Quebec, in 1880, he started in films in the ...
as Barbarian
References
External links
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1908 films
1908 drama films
1908 short films
Silent American drama films
American silent short films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by D. W. Griffith
1900s American films
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