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Film

Lay Down Your Arms!

Holger-Madsen, Denmark, 1915

68 min.DK/FeatureWar film, Melodrama, DramaSilent films

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Original title Ned med Vaabnene!
Danish title Ned med Vaabnene!
International titles Die Waffen nieder!, Bas les armes!, Abajo las armas!, La guerra, Abaixo as armas!, De wapens neergelegd, Ned med vapnen!
Director Holger-Madsen
Screenplay Carl Th. Dreyer
Based on Efter Bertha von Suttners roman 'Die Waffen nieder! Eine Lebensgeschichte', 1889 (da. 'Ned med Vaabnene! En Levnedsskildring' 1892).
Director of Photography Marius Clausen
Appearance Philip Bech, Augusta Blad, Johanne Fritz-Petersen, Alf Blütecher
Production country Denmark
Domestic distribution Fotorama
Technical info 1509 meter, 35 mm, Normal, Black/white, Silent
Danish theatrical release 18.09.1915
Cinemas Palads
Find more Marguerite Engberg: Dansk stumfilm (1977), bd. II, p. 499-504.
Ron Mottram: The Danish Cinema before Dreyer (1988), p. 183-185.
Danish rating Children under 16 not admitted
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Companies

Production company Nordisk Films Kompagni
Domestic distribution Fotorama

Direction

Direction Holger-Madsen

Script

Script Carl Th. Dreyer

Cinematography

Cinematography Marius Clausen

Appearance

Grev von Althaus, Marthas far Philip Bech
Martha, grevens datter Augusta Blad
Rosa, Marthas søster Johanne Fritz-Petersen
Arno von Dotzky, Marthas første mand Alf Blütecher
Fr. von Tilling, Marthas anden mand Olaf Fønss
Knobelauch, krigsminister Carl Lauritzen
Bresser, læge Frederik Jacobsen
Konrad, Marthas og Rosas fætter Birger von Cotta-Schønberg
Appearance Dagmar Kofoed
Appearance Oluf Billesborg
Appearance Ellen Ferslev
Appearance Ingeborg Olsen
Appearance Luzzy Werren
Appearance Axel Mattsson
Appearance Preben Rist

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