The Captive

Picturization of the Successful Play

The Captive — Plot

During the Balkan Wars, Sonia is a young woman living in Montenegro and left to care for her younger brother Milos and the family farm while elder brother Marko goes off to battle. Unable to handle the daily tasks following her brother’s tragic death, help comes in the form of Mahmud Hassan, a captured Turk nobleman, now a prisoner of war. Tasked with helping Sonia, their initial frosty relationship soon melts into romance. 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.

• Release date
• April 22, 1915
• Runtime
• 50 min
• Genres
• War, Drama, Romance
• Director
• Cecil B. DeMille

The Captive — Cast

Blanche Sweet Sonya Matinovich House Peters Muhamud Hassan

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Gerald Ward Milos Martinovich Page Peters Marko Martinovitch Jeanie Macpherson Milka Theodore Roberts The burgomaster William Elmer Turkish Officer Marjorie Daw Peasant Girl