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Down with Weapons

Down with Weapons (1914)★ 6.0/10

DK · 73 min · September 18, 1915

  • Drama
  • War

Directed by: Holger-Madsen

Written by: Carl Theodor Dreyer, Bertha von Suttner

An upperclass war widow marries again. The new husband is also an officer, and soon he has to go to the next war. At the outbreak, she's the only one who does not cheer about it. And the terrors of war soon bring almost all of her friends and relatives, among them generals and high government officials to the same conclusion: War does not pay.

Directed by

Holger-Madsen

Written by

Carl Theodor DreyerBertha von Suttner

Cast & crew

Olaf FønssFr. von Tilling, Marthas anden mandAugusta BladMarthaJohanne Fritz-PetersenRosa, Marthas søsterPhilip BechGrev von Althaus, Marthas farBirger von Cotta-SchønbergKonrad, Marthas og Rosas fætterAlf BlütecherArno von Dotzky, Marthas første mandFrederik JacobsenBresser, lægeCarl LauritzenKnobelauch, krigsministerOluf BillesborgEllen FerslevDagmar KofoedAxel MattssonIngeborg OlsenPreben J. RistBertha von SuttnerSelf - ForfatterindeMaria Widal