The Enemy

1927

90 min

5.5

Ends at

Carl Behrend, son of a wealthy businessman, marries Pauli Arndt, daughter of a pacifist professor. When World War I breaks out, Carl is drafted. Pauli and her family and friends are left behind to experience the suffering which befell civilians during the war. Her luck worsens when her father is dismissed from his professorship for teaching that war is evil. Her father argues violently with Carl's father, and degradation and despair descend on Pauli and her family as they await Carl's return from the front.

Budget

$0

Genre

Drama, Romance, War

Director

Fred Niblo

Country

United States of America

Cast & Crew

Lillian Gish

Ralph Forbes

Ralph Emerson

Frank Currier

George Fawcett

Fritzi Ridgeway

John S. Peters

Karl Dane

Polly Moran

Billy Kent Schaefer

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The Enemy

Carl Behrend, son of a wealthy businessman, marries Pauli Arndt, daughter of a pacifist professor. When World War I breaks out, Carl is drafted. Pauli and her family and friends are left behind to experience the suffering which befell civilians during the war. Her luck worsens when her father is dismissed from his professorship for teaching that war is evil. Her father argues violently with Carl's father, and degradation and despair descend on Pauli and her family as they await Carl's return from the front.

  • Lillian Gish

  • Ralph Forbes

  • Ralph Emerson

  • Frank Currier

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