The Enemy

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.

5.5

90 min

Cast

Lillian Gish

as Pauli Arndt

Ralph Forbes

as Carl Behrend

Ralph Emerson

as Bruce Gordon

Frank Currier

as Prof. Arndt

George Fawcett

as August Bejremd

Fritzi Ridgeway

as Mitzi Winkelmann

John S. Peters

as Fritz Winkelmann

Karl Dane

as Jan

Polly Moran

as Baruska

Billy Kent Schaefer

as Kurt

Louise Emmons

as (uncredited)

Betty Jane Graham

as Little Girl (uncredited)

Joel McCrea

as Extra (uncredited)

Director

Fred Niblo