Enemies (1940)

7.5/10 • 91 min • Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Brigitte Horney

Anna

Willy Birgel

Keith

Iván Petrovich

Jan

Carl Wery

Martin

Nicolas Koline

Andreas

Hedwig Wangel

Liska

Beppo Brem

Wegereit

Ludwig Schmid-Wildy

Lessing

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