The Enemy

IMDb 5.5 1927 • 90 min • DramaRomanceWar

Director

Fred Niblo

Country

US

Plot Summary

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.

Top 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