Mare Nostrum (film)

Mare Nostrum 1926 is a silent film set during World War I. A Spanish merchant sailor becomes involved with a spy. It was the first production made in voluntary exile by Rex Ingram and starred his wife, Alice Terry. It is based on the novel of the same name by Vicente Blasco Ibez. Long thought lost, the film has recently been rediscovered and restored.

When he is a grown man Antonio Moreno, Ulysses uses his life savings to purchase the Mare Nostrum, a fast, modern freighter, and prospers. However, he finally gives in to his wife, Dona Cinta, for the sake of their son Esteban, and agrees to sell his ship. With the outbreak of World War I, however, the enormous profits to be made from the sudden demand for shipping ends this plan.On a stop in Italy, Ulysses visits the ruins of Pompeii, and meets Freya Talberg Alice Terry and the learned Doctor Fedelmann. He soon falls in love with Freya who looks exactly like his uncles painting of Amphitrite. Though she later informs him that she is an Austrian spy as is Fedelmann, Spain is neutral and his ardor is undiminished. He agrees to transport Count Kaledine to a secret rendezvous in the Mediterranean. The Uboat U35 surfaces, takes on fuel from Ulysses ship, and departs with Kaledine. ........

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