The story, starring Constance Bennett and Douglass Montgomery, involves a Canadian POW being hidden by a German citizen during World War I.
Constance Bennett
Anna von Stucknadel
Douglass Montgomery
Hugh McGrath
Oskar Homolka
Detective Schenck Gotz
Frederick Lloyd
Muller
Roy Emerton
Kostner
Peggy Simpson
Mitzi
George Merritt
Webber
Robert Atkins
Adjutant
Terence Downing
Spicer
Clifford Bartlett
Glendhill
Albert Chevalier
McKenzie
H.F. Maltby
Burgomaster
Norman Pierce
Hans
Frederick Piper
Policeman Denker
Virginia Isham
War Widow
Skelton Knaggs
Young Man with Lantern
Director
Milton Rosmer
Writer
J.O.C. Orton
Writer
Marion Dix
Writer
J.B. Hardy
June 19, 2022
5
There is just too much lacking about this to give it much traction with the audience. Set in the Great War, Canadian officer "McGrath" (Douglass Montgomery) manages to flee an Hun POW camp (killing a guard in the process) and make his way to Berlin. That's where he meets hooker "Anna" (Constance Bennett) and the pair decide, with Oskar Homolka's doggedly determined detective "Götz" hot on their trail, to try and make their way to the safety of Holland. The plot suffers badly from plausibility issues. Had it been made six or seven years later it could have been reasonably assumed to have been intended as a piece of WWII propaganda. As it is, it offers a muddled appraisal of Imperial Germany, of Germans and also of a fairly flawed cat and mouse game. Neither the lead actors, nor the writing, are anywhere near good enough to hold the film together, and though the photography is more effective in illustrating their perils, the rest of it is just a bit too romantically facile.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00