The Captive (1915 film)

The Captive is an American silentera film released on April 22, 1915 in five reels. The film was directed, written and produced by Cecil B. DeMille. Jesse L. Lasky was also a producer and Jeanie MacPherson worked with DeMille to write the screenplay. Blanche Sweet stars as Sonia Martinovich alongside House Peters as Mahmud Hassan. The film details the romantic warera plight of Montenegrin protagonist Sonia Martinovich and her Turkish lover, Mahmud Hassan. The film is based on a play written by Cecil B. DeMille and Jeanie MacPherson. The Captive has grossed just over 56,000.

In the beginning, Sonia holds Hassan captive with the use of her bullwhip and forces him to complete tasks like getting water, baking and plowing fields. Hassan begins to befriend young Milo to alleviate his humiliation and suffering. Gradually, Sonia warms up to him and they fall deeply in love.The war waged on, and the Turks recaptured the village where Sonia, Hassan and Milo live. Unfortunately, a drunken officer William Elmer tries to force himself on Martinovich, but she refuses. Fueled by love, Hassan intervenes, despite the fact that the officer shares his national origin. When the Turkish army is driven out of the village, Hassan returns home only to be faced with the grim reality that he has been stripped of his title, his land has been taken, and he has banished from his homeland, all for thwarting the drunken officer away from Sonia. Meanwhile, at the farm, a pack of unruly scavengers have burned the Martinovich familys modest house, forcing them to abandon the place they call home. The siblings meet Hassan on the road, and the lovebirds and Milo walk off to begin a new life together. ........

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