Enemies

Category: Drama
The focus of this wartime propaganda film from 1940 is the foreman Keith, who works at a Polish sawmill, not far from the German border. It is 1939 and the War is fast approaching. The Polish workers at the sawmill revolt and kill the mill's German owner, as well as threaten their German colleagues. Keith flees with the children of his dead boss and joins other German refugees on their way to safety across the borders of the Reich.
Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 1940-11-07
Run time: 91 minute / 1:31
Director: Viktor Tourjansky
Writers: Emil Burri, Arthur Luethy, Viktor Tourjansky.
Production Company : Bavaria-Filmkunst Verleih
Production Country: Germany

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Brigitte Horney
as Anna
Willy Birgel
as Keith
Iván Petrovich
as Jan
Carl Wery
as Martin
Reinhold Lütjohann
as Wegner
Gerd Høst
as Marianne Wegner
Arthur Fritz Eugens
as Paul Wegner
Nicolas Koline
as Andreas
Hedwig Wangel
as Liska
Hannes Keppler
as Hans Martin
Karl-Heinz Peters
as Antek
Beppo Brem
as Wegereit
José Held
as Stach
Friedrich Ettel
as Keller
Ludwig Schmid-Wildy
as Lessing
Walter Holten
as Böhme
Katharina Berger
Directing
Viktor Tourjansky Director

Production
Carl W. Tetting Production Manager

Writing
Emil Burri Screenplay
Arthur Luethy Screenplay
Viktor Tourjansky Screenplay

Camera
Fritz Arno Wagner Director of Photography

Sound
Lothar Brühne Music

Art
Julius von Borsody Art Direction
Gerbert Hochreiter Art Direction
Alfred Metscher Art Direction

Editing
Walter Fredersdorf Editor

Directing
Auguste Barth Assistant Director

Production
August Lautenbacher Unit Manager
Rudolf Kley Unit Manager

Costume & Make-Up
Ruth Wagner Costume Assistant

Sound
Ludwig Heiss Sound Director

Camera
Rudolf Reißner Still Photographer

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