Anton the Terrible

{{short description|1916 film by William C. deMille}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Anton the Terrible

| image = Anton the Terrible.jpg

| alt =

| caption = contemporary advertisement

| director = William C. deMille

| producer = Jesse L. Lasky

| screenplay = Marion Fairfax
Jules Eckert Goodman
Charles Sarver

| story = Thomas H. Uzzell

| starring = Theodore Roberts
Anita King
Horace B. Carpenter
Harrison Ford
Edythe Chapman
Hugo B. Koch

| music =

| cinematography = Charles Rosher

| editing =

| studio = Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company

| distributor = Paramount Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1916|9|28}}

| runtime = 50 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Anton the Terrible is a 1916 American drama silent film directed by William C. deMille and written by Marion Fairfax, Jules Eckert Goodman and Charles Sarver. The film stars Theodore Roberts, Anita King, Horace B. Carpenter, Harrison Ford, Edythe Chapman and Hugo B. Koch. The film was released on September 28, 1916, by Paramount Pictures.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/83809/Anton-the-Terrible/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229034909/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/83809/Anton-the-Terrible/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 December 2014|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide|author=Hal Erickson|title=Anton-the-Terrible - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com|author-link=Hal Erickson (author)|date=2014|accessdate=29 December 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=1&Movie=16668|title=Anton the Terrible|publisher=AFI|accessdate=29 December 2014}}

Plot

Cossack Anton Kazoff seeks revenge for the wrongs inflicted on his sister Olga.

Cast

Surviving material

A fragmentary print (footage unknown) is preserved at the British Film Institute/National Film and Television Archive (London).{{cite web|url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.214/default.html |title=Anton The Terrible / William C De Mille | Bibliographic Record Description: Performing Arts Encyclopedia, Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog |publisher=lcweb2.loc.gov|accessdate=11 February 2015}}

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences archive has 8x10 photographic stills of the film.{{cite web |url=https://collections.new.oscars.org/Details/Archive/71080610 |title=Anton the Terrible, 1916 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}}

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