Movie: Whom the Gods Would Destroy

Top 10 Billed Cast

Jack Mulhall
Jack Mulhall

Jack Randall

Pauline Starke
Pauline Starke

Julie

Kathryn Adams
Kathryn Adams

Elsa Clow

Harvey Clark
Harvey Clark

Wolf von Schwartz

Jean Hersholt
Jean Hersholt

Wilton Taylor
Wilton Taylor

Charles K. French
Charles K. French

Herr Klaw

Millard K. Wilson
Millard K. Wilson

Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman

Matthieu

Edward Hearn
Edward Hearn

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    After a young inventor discovers a powerful new explosive, agents from a German chemical firm induce him to study at a German university. While there, he is repelled by certain aspects of the people, and he leaves for Belgium. When the war begins, the inventor saves a Belgian burgomaster's daughter from Prussian invaders. The inventor and the girl endure horrible suffering because of the war, but they find happiness at its end, while the formerly fighting nations direct their effort towards world peace at the Paris conferences. The assassination of Kurt Eisner of Bavaria occurs at the end.

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    1919-04-15

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