Lay Down Your Arms!

Lay Down Your Arms! — Plot

Martha, a war widow, finds a new zest for life when she meets the noble Captain von Tilling. They marry, but before long he, too, is called to war. In his absence, Martha falls into a depression and is hospitalised. Sick with longing and learning that her banking firm has gone belly-up, she leaves the hospital and takes a train to the battlefield to find her husband. (stumfilm.dk)

• Release date
• August 14, 1914
• Runtime
• 68 min
• Genres
• Drama, War
• Director
• Holger-Madsen

Lay Down Your Arms! — Cast

Philip Bech Grev von Althaus, Marthas far

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Oluf Billesborg Augusta Blad Martha Alf Blütecher Arno von Dotzky, Marthas første mand

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Ellen Ferslev Johanne Fritz-Petersen Rosa, Marthas søster Olaf Fønss Fr. von Tilling, Marthas anden mand Frederik Jacobsen Bresser, læge