Released:
1927-12-08

Overview:
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

Runtime:
1h 30min

Genre:
Drama, Romance, War

• 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