BARBED WIRE
(ZA DRUTEM KOLCZASTYM)


photo: Joseph Yranski

1927, 79 min.

DIRECTION:
Rowland V. Lee, Mauritz Stiller
SCRIPT:
Rowland V. Lee, Jules Furthman from a novel by Hall Caine
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Bert Glennon
EDITING:
E. Lloyd Sheldon
PRODUCER:
Erich Pommer
PRODUCED BY:
Paramount
CAST:
Pola Negri (Mona Moreau), Clive Brook (Oskar Muller), Claude Gillingwater (Jean Moreau, Mona's Father), Einar Hanson (Andre Joseph Moreau, Mona's Brother)

SYNOPSIS:

In 1914 France, pastoral life on the Moreau farm is interrupted by war. Son Andre joins the army, a P.O.W. camp is built on the farm, and daughter Mona feels only hatred towards the enemy. Arriving German prisoners cast approving eyes on Mona. However worsening war news keeps her hostile... until Oscar Muller, prisoner working on the farm, proves himself a good man by his actions. As her hatred melts and the bond between Mona and Oscar strengthens, so does the neighbors' vituperation; even with the war’s end, tragic results seem inevitable…

Wednesday, November 8, 2006 at 8:00 pm. (Portage Theatre)