The Four Horsemen of the ApocolypseThe Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1916) is a novel by Vicente Blasco Ibez. Published at the height of his career as a popular Spanish author, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse was adapted into a 1921 silent film starring Rudolph Valentino and later into a 1962 feature directed by Vincente Minelli. In 1919, the novel became a bestseller in the United States. "And when the sun arises in a few hours, the world will see coursing through its fields