The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and eventually reaches Antarctic waters. An albatross appears and leads them out of the ice jam where they are stuck, but even as the albatross is praised by the ship's crew, the mariner shoots the bird: The crew is angry with the mariner, believing the albatross brought the south wind that led them out of the Antarctic. However, the sailors change their minds when the weather becomes warmer and the mist disappears: They soon find that they made a grave mistake in supporting this crime, as it arouses the wrath of spirits who then pursue the ship "from the land
The Ancient Mariner (film) An anonymous reviewer for the "Philadelphia Bulletin" wrote at the time, "except for a bit of slowness in the unwinding of the theme, the cinema version of Coleridge's famous poem is an entertaining photoplay". Another anonymous review in the "Public Ledger" said the film "is divided into a modern story and an allegory, and it is in the latter that the picture is most realistic and impressive". The Ancient Mariner (film) The Ancient Mariner is a 1925 American fantasy-drama silent film based on the popular poem, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, first published in 1798.