Movie

The Enemy

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

1927★ 6.3 · 31h 30mDramaRomanceWar

Overview

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

Joel McCrea
as Extra (uncredited)

Lillian Gish
as Pauli Arndt

Ralph Forbes
as Carl Behrend

George Fawcett
as August Bejremd

Louise Emmons
as (uncredited)

Frank Currier
as Prof. Arndt

Polly Moran
as Baruska

Billy Kent Schaefer
as Kurt

Karl Dane
as Jan

Fritzi Ridgeway
as Mitzi Winkelmann

John S. Peters
as Fritz Winkelmann

Betty Jane Graham
as Little Girl (uncredited)