The Enemy (1927)★ 7.1/10
- Drama
- Romance
- War
Directed by: Fred Niblo
Written by: John Colton, Willis Goldbeck, Agnes Christine Johnston, Channing Pollock
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.
Cast & crew
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Lillian GishPauli Arndt
Ralph ForbesCarl Behrend
Ralph EmersonBruce Gordon
Frank CurrierProf. Arndt
George FawcettAugust Behrend
Fritzi RidgewayMitzi Winkelmann
John S. PetersFritz Winkelmann
Karl DaneJan
Polly MoranBaruskaBilly Kent SchaeferKurt
Leroy BolesLittle Boy (uncredited)
Louise EmmonsUndetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)