The Hun Within Explained

The Hun Within
Director:	Chester Withey
Screenplay:	Stanner E. V. Taylor
Story:	Stanner E. V. Taylor
Starring:	Dorothy Gish George Fawcett
Cinematography:	David Abel
Studio:	F-4 Picture Corp.
Distributor:	Famous Players–Lasky
Runtime:	5 reels; 50 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent film (English intertitles)

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.

Cast

• Dorothy Gish as Beth
• George Fawcett as Henry Wagner
• Charles K. Gerrard as Karl Wagner
• Douglas MacLean as Frank Douglas
• Herbert Sutch as Krippen (*as Bert Sutch)
• Max Davidson as Max
• Lillian Clark as Leone (*as Lillian Clarke)
• Robert Anderson as Krug
• Erich von Stroheim as Von Bickel
• Adolph Lestina as Beth's Father
• Kate Bruce as Kate's Mother

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]

Notes and References

1. News: . Dorothy Gish in The Hun Within . The Sunday Oregonian . Portland, Oregon . September 22, 1918 . December 8, 2018.
2. http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.483/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Hun Within