Beloved Enemy

original title:
Beloved Enemy
other titles:
Geliebter Rebell
country / year of production:
USA / 1936
original length:
90 min. , black/white
premiere:
25 December 1936 (USA)
genre:
melodrama
based on:
director:
H. C. Potter
film script:
Rose Franken
producer:
Samuel Goldwyn
cinematographer:
Gregg Toland
editor:
Sherman Todd
composer:
cast (role):
Merle Oberon (Helen Drummond) , Brian Aherne (Dennis Reardon) , Karen Morley (Cathleen O'Brien) , Henry Stephenson (Lord Athleigh) , David Niven (Capt. Gerald Preston) , Merle Oberon , Brian Aherne , Karen Morley , Henry Stephenson , David Niven
more:
plot synopsis:
Durin the Irish Independence war, the leader of the IRA, Dennis Reardon, and a british aristocrat, Helen Drummon, fall in love despite all their differences. But Dennis is being persecuted by the british government, embodied by Captain Preston, due to his leading role in the struggle against the british occupation.
keywords:
revolution , Civil War , love in times of war , civilians , occupation
war:
Irish Civil War / War of Independence (1916-1923)
literature:
remarks:
The first version of the movie had Dennis Reardon shot in the end, which caused the film to flop at the box office. Afterwards, all following versions of the movie had an alternative end, which was shot at the same time; the original version has since been lost.
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