The Enemy (1927)
A vivid drama of Austria and one side of the war known only to the women.
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.
- Date of release
- 1927-12-08
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, War
- Director
- Fred Niblo
Casting
- Lillian Gish — Pauli Arndt
- Ralph Forbes — Carl Behrend
- Ralph Emerson — Bruce Gordon
- Frank Currier — Prof. Arndt
- George Fawcett — August Bejremd
- Fritzi Ridgeway — Mitzi Winkelmann
- John S. Peters — Fritz Winkelmann
- Karl Dane — Jan
- Polly Moran — Baruska
- Billy Kent Schaefer — Kurt
- Louise Emmons — (uncredited)
- Betty Jane Graham — Little Girl (uncredited)
Interesting facts
The Enemy is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo and starring Lillian Gish, Ralph Forbes and Ralph Emerson. Actor Joel McCrea made an early appearance as an extra.
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