The Captive God (1916)

  • NR
  • 07/23/1916 (US)
  • Adventure, History
  • 50m

Overview

A Spanish boy is shipwrecked and cast ashore in Mexico in the sixteenth century. He is raised as a god by the Tehuan tribe, who have never before seen a white man, and is named Chiapa. Then at manhood he rules the Tehuans. Chiapa loves the priestess Tecolote but she is kidnapped by the Aztec warrior Mexitli, so he follows in the hopes of rescuing her.

Charles Swickard

Director

Monte M. Katterjohn

Screenplay

Cast

William S. Hart's headshot

William S. Hart

Chiapa
Enid Markey's headshot

Enid Markey

Lolomi
Dorothy Dalton's headshot

Dorothy Dalton

Tecolote
P. Dempsey Tabler's headshot

P. Dempsey Tabler

Mexitl
Robert McKim's headshot

Robert McKim

Montezuma

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