The Hun Within

The Hun Within is a 1918 American silent war drama thriller film directed by Chester Withey and starring Dorothy Gish and George Fawcett. It was written by historic Biograph directors D. W. Griffith and Stanner E. V. Taylor.

The Hun Within
Theatrical release poster
Directed byChester Withey
Written byD. W. Griffith (as Granville Warwick)
Screenplay byStanner E. V. Taylor
Story byStanner E. V. Taylor
StarringDorothy Gish
George Fawcett
CinematographyDavid Abel
Production
company
F-4 Picture Corp.
Distributed byFamous Players-Lasky
Release date
August 25, 1918
Running time
5 reels; 50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent film
(English intertitles)

Cast

Description

"Nothing is sacred to the German spy in our midst love, honor or the sanctity of the home; and so the American-born son of a German American father became a Hun, while the father stood up for his adopted country." [1]

Preservation status

  • A copy is preserved at the Cinematheque Francaise.[2]
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gollark: I did GCSE German so I vaguely remember a bunch of the grammar and words.
gollark: It seems like this is being approached from the perspective of "you need to show very well that there's a good reason to make this legal" and not the other way round, because apparently people are just used to "of course things which *might* be bad are banned".
gollark: I don't know. Do you know? Does *anyone* actually have high-quality information on this?
gollark: I think it mostly got lost to the various C4 incidents.

References

  1. "Dorothy Gish in The Hun Within". The Sunday Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. September 22, 1918. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
  2. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Hun Within
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