Feature1927·90m·6.3

The Enemy

A vivid drama of Austria and one side of the war known only to the women.

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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.

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Cast

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)

Joel McCrea

Extra (uncredited)

George Marion

Old man in breadline (uncredited)

Leroy Boles

Little Boy (uncredited)

Details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Languages
Budget
Revenue
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Crew

Director

Fred Niblo

Writers

Agnes Christine Johnston, Willis Goldbeck, John Colton, Channing Pollock

Margaret Booth

Editor

Gilbert Clark

Costume Design

Oliver T. Marsh

Director of Photography

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