Friendly Enemies | |
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Directed by | George Melford |
Written by | Alfred A. Cohn Josephine Quirk |
Based on | Friendly Enemies by Aaron Hoffman and Samuel Shipman |
Produced by | David Belasco |
Starring | Joe Weber Lew Fields Virginia Brown Faire |
Cinematography | Charles G. Clarke |
Production company | Belasco Productions |
Distributed by | Producers Distributing Corporation |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Friendly Enemies is a 1925 American silent comedy thriller film directed by George Melford and starring Joe Weber, Lew Fields and Virginia Brown Faire. It is based on a 1918 play of the same title, and was part of a cluster of World War I-themed films released during the mid-1920s. [1] [2] It was remade as a sound film Friendly Enemies in 1942.
Two German immigrants have thrived in the United States. However, when World War I erupts, Carl Pfeiffer maintains his sympathy for the German Empire, even after the U.S. enters the conflict. Despite his friend's unwavering loyalty to America, Pfeiffer offers financial support and aid to a German espionage ring. Unknowingly, he assists them in planning the sabotage of a troopship that his own son is boarding to fight on the Western Front. Pfeiffer experiences a profound change of heart and, with the aid of his friend and American intelligence services, he successfully foils the plot and apprehends the enemy spy ring.
With no prints of Friendly Enemies located in any film archives, it is a lost film. [3]