LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS! (1914)

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Lay Down Your Arms!
Drama, War
August 14, 1914
Danish
1h 8m
Denmark
Nordisk Film Denmark
Martha, a war widow, finds a new zest for life when she meets the noble Captain von Tilling. They marry, but before long he, too, is called to war. In his absence, Martha falls into a depression and is hospitalised. Sick with longing and learning that her banking firm has gone belly-up, she leaves the hospital and takes a train to the battlefield to find her husband. (stumfilm.dk)
Cast & Characters
Philip Bech
Grev von Althaus, Marthas far
Augusta Blad
Martha
Alf Blütecher
Arno von Dotzky, Marthas første mand
Johanne Fritz-Petersen
Rosa, Marthas søster
Olaf Fønss
Fr. von Tilling, Marthas anden mand
Frederik Jacobsen
Bresser, læge
Carl Lauritzen
Knobelauch, krigsminister
Birger von Cotta-Schønberg
Konrad, Marthas og Rosas fætter
Bertha von Suttner
Herself
Crew
Holger-Madsen
Director
Bertha von Suttner
Writer
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Writer
Marius Clausen
Director of Photography