Name: The Captive God
Released: 1916
Cast: William S. Hart, Enid Markey, P. D. Tabler, Dorothy Dalton, Robert Mckim

Brief Synopsis

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Also Known As

The Castilian

Release Date

Jul 23, 1916

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee

Distribution Company

Triangle Film Corp.

Country

United States

Technical Specs

Sound

Silent

Color

Black and White

Theatrical Aspect Ratio

1.33 : 1

Film Length

5 reels

Synopsis

Early in the sixteenth century a young Spanish boy is washed ashore along the coast of Mexico. The natives, called Tehuans, have never seen a white man and so they raise the stranger, whom they name Chiapa, as a god. Years later, hearing about Chiapa and the extent to which his tribe has prospered since he joined it, the Aztecs plan a raid on the Tehuans. During the fighting, the Aztecs capture Chiapa, and Montezuma's daughter Lolomi promptly falls in love with him. When Montezuma sentences Chiapa to death despite his daughter's protests, Lolomi sends word to the Tehuans imploring them to attack her tribe. In the end, the Tehuan army sweeps through the Aztec city and rescues their god.