This film tells the story of the fictional Dr Barnay and recounts his experience of the First World War. He works as a doctor in a military hospital and has always been committed to bringing about the end of war. When his wife dies in an air raid, he spends all of his time working on an anti-war invention to distract himself, and in the process neglects his new wife and his child. When the child is killed in an accident because of his machinery, he ends up pushing away his wife and best friend and focusing solely on his invention. In the end he sees the error of his ways, reconciles with his wife and friend and realizes that peace for humanity is something which comes from within.
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Cast
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Alf Blütecher
Dr. Harry Barnay
Also in
Beyond the Barricade
A Trip to Mars
Magda Rössler
Magda
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Curt Courant
Fritz Bernhardt
Grete Reinwald
Elsbeth
Also in
Steh' ich in finstrer Mitternacht
Die Frau ohne Geld
Siegfried Wroblewsky
M Lutz-Michaelis
Loni Nest
Klein Lisa
Known for
The Golem: How He Came into the World
Joyless Street
M. Lutz-Michaelis
Magnus Stifter
Ingenieur Roloff
Also in
Mister Radio
The ABC of Love
Marian Alma
Prof. Seebold
Also in
The Student of Prague
The Woman Who Did
Karl Morvilius
Dr. Jamusira
Also in
Port Arthur
Melody of a Great City
Fritz Bernhardt Director · Georg Steinhäuser Screenplay M. Lutz-Michaelis Screenplay
First release February 18, 1920 · Produced in Germany
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Germany
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Germany · February 18, 1920
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No release date listed for United States.
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