The Enemy
1927 · 90 min
Drama · Romance · War
★ 6.3Carl 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.
Crew
- Director Fred Niblo
- Writer Agnes Christine Johnston
- Writer Willis Goldbeck
- Writer John Colton
- Director of Photography Oliver T. Marsh
Cast
Lillian Gish
Pauli Arndt
Ralph Forbes
Carl Behrend
- R
Ralph Emerson
Bruce Gordon
Frank Currier
Prof. Arndt
George Fawcett
August Bejremd
Fritzi Ridgeway
Mitzi Winkelmann
- J
John S. Peters
Fritz Winkelmann
Karl Dane
Jan
Polly Moran
Baruska
- B
Billy Kent Schaefer
Kurt
Louise Emmons
(uncredited)
Betty Jane Graham
Little Girl (uncredited)
Crew
- Director — Fred Niblo
- Writer — Agnes Christine Johnston
- Writer — Willis Goldbeck
- Writer — John Colton
- Director of Photography — Oliver T. Marsh
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