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The Enemy (1927)

NR ★ 6.3/10 90 min Drama, Romance, War United States English
Director: Fred Niblo
Streaming: Not available
A vivid drama of Austria and one side of the war known only to the women.

Description

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.

Top Cast

Lillian Gish
Lillian Gish Pauli Arndt
Ralph Forbes
Ralph Forbes Carl Behrend
Ralph Emerson Bruce Gordon
Frank Currier
Frank Currier Prof. Arndt
George Fawcett
George Fawcett August Bejremd
Fritzi Ridgeway
Fritzi Ridgeway Mitzi Winkelmann
John S. Peters Fritz Winkelmann
Karl Dane
Karl Dane Jan

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