Ned med Vaabnene!
Also known as Ned Med Våbnene! in Denmark; Die Waffen nieder! in Germany; Down with Weapons! in the USA : [Ned med vapnen], [Lay Down Your Arms]
(1914) Denmark
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Holger-Madsen (Forest Holger-Madsen)
Cast: Olaf Fønss [Fr. von Tilling, Marthas anden mand], Augusta Blad [Martha], Johanne Fritz-Petersen [Rosa, Marthas søster], Philip Bech [Grev von Althaus, Marthas far], Birger von Cotta-Schønberg [Konrad, Marthas og Rosas fætter], Alf Blütecher [Arno von Dotzky, Marthas første mand], Frederik Jacobsen [Bresser, læge], Carl Lauritzen [Knobelauch, krigsminister], Oluf Billesborg, Ellen Ferslev, Dagmar Kofoed, Axel Mattson (Axel Mattsson), Ingeborg Olsen, Preben J. Rist, Luzzy Werren (Maria Widal), Bertha von Sutter [herself]
Nordisk Films Kompagni production; distributed by Fotorama. / Scenario by Carl Theodor Dreyer, from the novel Ned med våbnene by Bertha von Sutter. Cinematography by Marius Clausen. / Released 14 August 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was made for presentation at the September 1914 Vienna Peace Conference; the outbreak of war in August caused those plans to be scrapped, and the film was released in the USA by Great Northern Film Company in 1914. The film was released in Denmark on 18 September 1915.
Drama: War.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: (unknown) [Denmark]; Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 8 September 2023.
References: Shipman-Cinema p. 54 : Website-IMDb.
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