--- title: 'The Christian (1923)' type: 'film' director: 'Maurice Tourneur' released: '1923-01-01' runtime_minutes: 80 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-christian-1923' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013924/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Christian (1923) 1923 · 80 min · Drama · United States ## Synopsis The Christian is a 1923 American silent drama film, released by Goldwyn Pictures, directed by Maurice Tourneur, his first production for Goldwyn, and starring Richard Dix and Mae Busch. The film is based on the novel The Christian by Hall Caine, published in 1897, the first British novel to reach the record of one million copies sold. The novel was adapted for the stage, opening on Broadway at the Knickerbocker Theatre October 10, 1898. This was the fourth film of the story; the first, The Christian (1911) was made in Australia. ## Credits - **Director:** [Maurice Tourneur](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-tourneur) - **Screenplay:** [Paul Bern](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-bern) - **Editor:** [Paul Bern](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-bern) - **Producer:** [Samuel Goldwyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-goldwyn) - **Director of Photography:** [Charles Van Enger](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-van-enger) ## Cast - [Claude Gillingwater](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-gillingwater) - [Harry Northrup](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-northrup) - [Cyril Chadwick](https://cinepixo.com/people/cyril-chadwick) - [Beryl Mercer](https://cinepixo.com/people/beryl-mercer) - [Mahlon Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/mahlon-hamilton) - [Mae Busch](https://cinepixo.com/people/mae-busch) - [Aileen Pringle](https://cinepixo.com/people/aileen-pringle) - [Phyllis Haver](https://cinepixo.com/people/phyllis-haver) - [Joseph J. Dowling](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-j-dowling) - [Richard Dix](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-dix) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-christian-1923 Film facts: Wikidata (Q62168932); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.