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Lay Down Your Arms!

Holger-Madsen, Denmark, 1915

68 min.DK/FeatureWar film, Melodrama, DramaSilent films

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Original title	Ned med Vaabnene!
Danish title	Ned med Vaabnene!
International titles	Die Waffen nieder!, Bas les armes!, Abajo las armas!, La guerra, Abaixo as armas!, De wapens neergelegd, Ned med vapnen!
Director	Holger-Madsen
Screenplay	Carl Th. Dreyer
Based on	Efter Bertha von Suttners roman 'Die Waffen nieder! Eine Lebensgeschichte', 1889 (da. 'Ned med Vaabnene! En Levnedsskildring' 1892).
Director of Photography	Marius Clausen
Appearance	Philip Bech, Augusta Blad, Johanne Fritz-Petersen, Alf Blütecher
Production country	Denmark
Domestic distribution	Fotorama
Technical info	1509 meter, 35 mm, Normal, Black/white, Silent
Danish theatrical release	18.09.1915
Cinemas	Palads
Find more	Marguerite Engberg: Dansk stumfilm (1977), bd. II, p. 499-504. Ron Mottram: The Danish Cinema before Dreyer (1988), p. 183-185.
Danish rating	Children under 16 not admitted

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Companies
Production company	Nordisk Films Kompagni
Domestic distribution	Fotorama

Direction
Direction	Holger-Madsen

Script
Script	Carl Th. Dreyer

Cinematography
Cinematography	Marius Clausen

Appearance
Grev von Althaus, Marthas far	Philip Bech
Martha, grevens datter	Augusta Blad
Rosa, Marthas søster	Johanne Fritz-Petersen
Arno von Dotzky, Marthas første mand	Alf Blütecher
Fr. von Tilling, Marthas anden mand	Olaf Fønss
Knobelauch, krigsminister	Carl Lauritzen
Bresser, læge	Frederik Jacobsen
Konrad, Marthas og Rosas fætter	Birger von Cotta-Schønberg
Appearance	Dagmar Kofoed
Appearance	Oluf Billesborg
Appearance	Ellen Ferslev
Appearance	Ingeborg Olsen
Appearance	Luzzy Werren
Appearance	Axel Mattsson
Appearance	Preben Rist