The Enemy
A vivid drama of Austria and one side of the war known only to the women.
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
Lillian Gish
Pauli Arndt
Ralph Forbes
Carl Behrend
Ralph Emerson
Bruce Gordon
Frank Currier
Prof. Arndt
George Fawcett
August Bejremd
Fritzi Ridgeway
Mitzi Winkelmann
John S. Peters
Fritz Winkelmann
Karl Dane
Jan
Polly Moran
Baruska
Billy Kent Schaefer
Kurt
Louise Emmons
(uncredited)
Betty Jane Graham
Little Girl (uncredited)
Joel McCrea
Extra (uncredited)
George Marion
Old man in breadline (uncredited)
Leroy Boles
Little Boy (uncredited)
Storyline
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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