The wealthy De Roquevilles, the family of alcoholic veteran Jean Laurent, and that of farmer Godard; all have to deal with the outbreak of the Great War. To complicate things even more, Godard's daughter Anny falls in love with young Mario Laurent, who turns out to have inherited some of his father's vices. First part of Maurits Binger's epic silent trilogy.

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Cast

Annie Bos

Anny Godard

Adelqui Migliar

Jean Laurent / Mario Laurent

Caroline van Dommelen

Nora de Roqueville

Jan van Dommelen

Robert de Roqueville / Jean Ducrot

Willem van der Veer

Gaston de Roqueville

Eberhard Erfmann

Frits

Dick Laan

Butler

Fred Homann

Fred Penley

Bankier

Ernst Winar

Commandant