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Civilization
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })Civilization is a 1916 silent film produced and directed by Thomas Harper Ince. It is an anti-war film meant to discourage American involvement in World War I.The imaginary nation of Wredpryd, which is obviously supposed to be Germany, goes to war. The common people of the pastoral village of Nurma can't believe it, but the king and his ministers are caught up in war fever. The voices for peace are hooted down—a lone protester in Parliament has garbage thrown at him, an anti-war cynic on the streets is attacked—and the nation goes off to war. The men of Nurma are dragged away from their homes and their jobs as the war drags on; fathers are taken away from their children, a son is taken away from his infirm mother, the blacksmith's forge goes quiet, and the sheep are left untended in the field.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })Meanwhile, Count Ferdinand (Howard C. Hickman), an inventor, has devised a new type of submarine. With the king's approval, he is designated commander of the submarine when it goes off to war. However, Ferdinand's girlfriend Katheryn has joined a Christian anti-war secret society and pleads with him not to fight. At sea, Ferdinand gets to chance to sink an enemy passenger ship. He refuses, and holds off his own crew at gunpoint until he opens the sea valves, sinking his own submarine, which explodes.Ferdinand is fished unconscious out of the water. Meanwhile, his soul goes to Hell, where Jesus finds him and tells Ferdinand that he, Jesus, will take earthly form again using Ferdinand's body. A revived Ferdinand, speaking as Jesus, speaks in the capital for peace. He is heckled and stoned by protesters, and then arrested, but Katheryn's Christian peace group, now numbering in the thousands, marches on the capital.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_1'); })The king, rattled by the anti-war protests at his gates, goes to see Ferdinand. Jesus leaves the body of Ferdinand and takes the spirit of the king on a Christmas Carol-style tour of the carnage of the war. The king, repentant, makes peace. Ferdinand appears to be dead, but the men of Nurma come home to their wives and families.A century later, Civilization presents a weird mish-mash of tones and style, whipsawing between thudding Anviliciousness, hokey literalism, chilling battle sequences, and moments of powerful emotion. It has a place on the National Film Registry.Not to be confused with the video game. | |
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Ripped from the Headlines | |
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Ripped from the Headlines: The submarine's mission to sink the SS Pro Patria is clearly inspired by the sinking of the Lusitania, which turned American popular opinion against the Germans. | |
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Patriotic Fervor | |
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Patriotic Fervor: The mindless, aggressive kind, as everybody cheers the country to war, and the few voices of dissent are smothered. | |
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Sub Story | |
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Sub Story: Count Ferdinand is given command of the submarine he designed, and sent out to attack an enemy passenger liner. This may be the first feature film ever made to include scenes involving a submarine in combat. | |
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Ruritania | |
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Ruritania: Mustaches, spiked helmets, reliance on submarines, torpedoing passenger ships—it's called "Wredpryd" but is clearly supposed to be Germany. Interestingly, "Wredpryd" only appears in the cast list, identifying who the king is king of. Within the film itself, the country isn't named. | |
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The Mutiny | |
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The Mutiny: By the captain, no less, as Count Ferdinand disobeys his orders and refuses to fire on the passenger liner. | |
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Establishing Character Moment | |
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Establishing Character Moment: How to establish that Katheryn is sweet and innocent? Have her frolicking around with a cute dog in her first scene. | |
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Demonic Possession | |
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Demonic Possession: The exact opposite, really—possession by Jesus. | |
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Imagine Spot | |
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Imagine Spot: Count Ferdinand visualizes the destruction of the Pro Patria and all the innocents that will die if he torpedoes it. | |
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Came Back Wrong | |
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Came Back Wrong: This is a lot more benevolent than most instances of this trope, but to come back to life as basically an empty shell possessed by Jesus has to qualify. | |
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Battle in the Rain | |
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Battle in the Rain: One of the combat sequences is a scene of brutal, bloody trench warfare in the rain. | |
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Holy Halo | |
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Holy Halo: Ferdinand-Jesus actually develops a literal halo as he preaches to the king and his ministers of the error of their ways. | |
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Uptown Girl | |
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Uptown Girl: Ferdinand is a count, but Katheryn is a commoner. The king promises that if Ferdinand can make that submarine happen, he can marry her. | |
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Messianic Archetype | |
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Messianic Archetype: Although given that Ferdinand has been possessed by Jesus, he might not be an archetype. | |
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One-Word Title | |
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Dramatic Unmask | |
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Dramatic Unmask: Sort of. When the order comes to sink the Pro Patria, Count Ferdinand opens his shirt to reveal the cross, symbol of the secret Christian peace organization. He then refuses to attack. | |
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Color Wash | |
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Color Wash: Each segment had its own color tint to distinguish itself from other time periods. | |
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War Is Hell | |
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War Is Hell: While some of this film dates very badly, the war scenes still pack a punch. The film depicts war in all its violence and horror, with savage hand-to-hand combat, civilians dying in the crossfire, and dogs rooting among the corpses. | |
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