An Unseen Enemy

An Unseen Enemy (1912)

TRAGEDY AND TORMENT...INNOCENCE ASSAILED...An Exceptional Photoplay

The physician's death orphans his two adolescent daughters. Their older brother is able to convert some of the doctor's small estate to cash. But it is late in the day, and with the banks closed he stores the money in his father's household safe. The slatternly housekeeper, aware of the money, enlists a criminal acquaintance to crack the safe. She attempts to get into the adjacent room where the sisters tremble in fear, but finds that the door is locked. The drunken housekeeper menaces them by brandishing a gun through a hole in the wall.

Date of release
1912-09-09
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (31)
Runtime
16m
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Director
D.W. Griffith

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Fort Lee

An Unseen Enemy is a 1912 Biograph Company short silent film directed by D. W. Griffith, and was the first film to be made starring the actresses Lillian Gish and Dorothy Gish. A critic of the time stated that "the Gish sisters gave charming performances in this one-reel film". The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey where early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based at the beginning of the 20th century. Consistent with practice at that time, the actors in the cast and their roles are not listed in the film..

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