Lay Down Your Arms!

Lay Down Your Arms!

68 mins | Drama, War | Aug. 14, 1914

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)

Lay Down Your Arms!

68 mins | Drama, War | Aug. 14, 1914

Lay Down Your Arms!
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)
Producers Nordisk Film, Nordisk Films Kompagni
Original title Ned Med Vaabnene
Directors Holger-Madsen
Writers Bertha von Suttner, Carl Theodor Dreyer

Cast

Philip Bech

as Grev von Althaus, Marthas far

Augusta Blad

as Martha

Alf Blütecher

as Arno von Dotzky, Marthas første mand

Johanne Fritz-Petersen

as Rosa, Marthas søster

Olaf Fønss

as Fr. von Tilling, Marthas anden mand

Frederik Jacobsen

as Bresser, læge

Carl Lauritzen

as Knobelauch, krigsminister

Birger von Cotta-Schønberg

as Konrad, Marthas og Rosas fætter

Bertha von Suttner

as Herself