War Be Damned (1914)

Original title

Maudite soit la guerre

Directed by

Alfred Machin

Genre

silent film

Country

Belgium

Runtime

50 min

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two friends become pilots for opposing air forces and are forced to fight each other. The story shows how war destroys their friendship and love.

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What happens

Maudite soit la guerre (French: Damn the War) is a 1914 Belgian silent anti-war film directed and scripted by Alfred Machin, starring Baert. The film shows how war destroys love and friendship through the story of two friends obliged to fight each other as pilots in the Air Force of their respective (unnamed) countries. The film, released just before the beginning of World War I, is one of the oldest anti-war films ever made and includes a remarkable anticipation of aerial warfare. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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