Servers

The Enemy

1927 90 min ★ 6.3 Drama Romance War

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 Writer: Agnes Christine Johnston Writer: Willis Goldbeck Writer: John Colton

Cast

Lillian Gish Lillian Gish Pauli Arndt
Ralph Forbes Ralph Forbes Carl Behrend
Ralph Emerson Ralph Emerson Bruce Gordon
Frank Currier Frank Currier Prof. Arndt
George Fawcett George Fawcett August Bejremd
Fritzi Ridgeway Fritzi Ridgeway Mitzi Winkelmann
John S. Peters John S. Peters Fritz Winkelmann
Karl Dane Karl Dane Jan
Polly Moran Polly Moran Baruska
Billy Kent Schaefer Billy Kent Schaefer Kurt
Louise Emmons Louise Emmons (uncredited)
Betty Jane Graham Betty Jane Graham Little Girl (uncredited)