The Enemy (1927)
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.
Director: Fred Niblo
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Lillian Gish as Pauli Arndt |
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Ralph Forbes as Carl Behrend |
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Ralph Emerson as Bruce Gordon |
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Frank Currier as Prof. Arndt |
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George Fawcett as August Bejremd |
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Fritzi Ridgeway as Mitzi Winkelmann |
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John S. Peters as Fritz Winkelmann |
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Karl Dane as Jan |
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Polly Moran as Baruska |
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Billy Kent Schaefer as Kurt |
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Louise Emmons as (uncredited) |
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Betty Jane Graham as Little Girl (uncredited) |
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Joel McCrea as Extra (uncredited) |
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George Marion as Old man in breadline (uncredited) |
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Leroy Boles as Little Boy (uncredited) |
| Directing | Fred Niblo | Director |
| Writing | Willis Goldbeck | Writer |
| Production | Fred Niblo | Producer |
| Directing | Harold S. Bucquet | Assistant Director |
| Writing | John Colton | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gilbert Clark | Costume Design |
| Writing | Channing Pollock | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Agnes Christine Johnston | Writer |
| Editing | Margaret Booth | Editor |
| Camera | Milton Brown | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Oliver T. Marsh | Director of Photography |