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Cecil B. DeMille’s thought-to-be-lost 1915 silent film The Captive, is a found treasure. Set during the Balkan Wars, The Captive tells the story of Sonia (Blanche Sweet, The Woman in White), a young woman living in Montenegro and left to care for her younger brother Milos (Gerald Ward, The Warrens of Virginia) and the family farm when older brother Marko (Page Peters, Davy Crockett) goes off to battle. Unable to handle the day-to-day tasks following her brother’s tragic death, help comes in the form of Mahmud Hassan (House Peters, Prisoners of the Storm) a captured Turk nobleman now a prisoner of war. Tasked with helping Sonia, their initial frosty relationship soon melts into love. As the war rages on Sonia, Mahmud and Milos will face near-insurmountable obstacles in their quest for a better life amidst the hell of war.

Genres: Drama, Romance, War

Starring: Blanche Sweet, House Peters

Released: April 22, 1915

Runtime: 50.0

Popularity Rating: 0.039

Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company

United States of America

Sonya Matinovich Blanche Sweet
Muhamud Hassan House Peters
Milos Martinovich Gerald Ward
Marko Martinovitch Page Peters
Milka Jeanie Macpherson
The Burgonmaster Theodore Roberts
Turkish Officer William Elmer
Peasant Girl Marjorie Daw
Soldier Tex Driscoll
Turkish Soldier Raymond Hatton

Art — Art Direction: Wilfred Buckland
Camera — Director of Photography: Alvin Wyckoff
Directing — Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Editing — Editor: Cecil B. DeMille
Production — Producer: Cecil B. DeMille
Writing — Writer: Cecil B. DeMille
Writing — Writer: Jeanie Macpherson