
1918 · Alan Crosland · 80 min
A wealthy young American, bred to class distinction and racial intolerance, enters the Marines during the First World War. In the course of his training and his experiences in the trenches fighting, being wounded by, and being hospitalized with Germans, he comes to a recognition of the equality and brotherhood of men.
Erich von StroheimHerr Lieutenant Kurt von Schnieditz
Marguerite CourtotVirginie Harbrok
Raymond McKeePhilip Landicutt
Kate LesterMargaret LandicuttFrank de Vernon“Uncle Jemmy” LandicuttLew HartHoffman, the German gardener
Darwin Karr“Lefty”Sgt. Moss Gill, U.S.M.C.Albert MullinsThomas SterrettCaptain Thomas Sterrett (as Captain Thomas Sterrett)Mortimer MartiniEugene Harbrok, a Belgium scoutBlanche DavenportMadam HarbrokHarold HallacherPierre Harbrok, their son
Earl SchenckEmanuel MüllerMajor Thos. Holcomb, U.S.M.C.Commanding officer of the Marine Sector
Gertrude NormanMarianne Marnholm