The Hun Within
Also known as The Enemy Within in the USA; The Peril Within in the United Kingdom
(1918) American
B&W : Six reels / 6319 feet
Directed by Chet Withey

Cast: Dorothy Gish [Beth], George Fawcett [Henry Wagner], Charles Gerrard [Karl Wagner], Douglas MacLean [Frank Douglas], Bert Sutch [Krippen], Max Davidson [Max], Lillian Clarke [Leone], Robert Anderson [Krug], Eric von Stroheim (Erich von Stroheim) [Von Bickel], Adolphe Lestina [Beth’s father], Kate Bruce [Frank’s mother]

F-4 Picture Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation [Artcraft Pictures; A Paramount-Artcraft Special]. / Produced by D.W. Griffith. Scenario by Granville Warwick (D.W. Griffith) and S.E.V. Taylor (Stanner E.V. Taylor), from a screen story by S.E.V. Taylor (Stanner E.V. Taylor). Cinematography by David Abel. / © 6 August 1918 by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [LP12734]. Premiered 1 May 1918 as The Enemy Within in Pasadena, California. Released 8 September 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Working title: F-4. Left over footage taken for Griffith’s Hearts of the World (1918) was used in this film. The film was produced by F-4, a separate corporation owned by D.W. Griffith; the film was sold before release to Famous Players-Lasky Corporation. This film was the first Paramount-Artcraft special.

Drama: World War I.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.2098.

Survival Status: (unknown)

Keywords: Adoption - Bombs - Espionage: Spies - Families: Father-son relationships - Fights - German-Americans - Germans - Imprisonment - Loyalty - Rescues - Sabotage - Secret Service - Ships - Treason - USA - War: World War I (28 July 1914-11 November 1918)

Listing updated: 18 January 2009.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.2098; Barry-Griffith p. 54; Spehr-American p. 4; Weaver-Twenty p. 145.