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5.6The physician's death orphans his two adolescent daughters. Their older brother is able to convert some of the doctor's small estate to cash. But it is late in the day, and with the banks closed he stores the money in his father's household safe. The slatternly housekeeper, aware of the money, enlists a criminal acquaintance to crack the safe. She attempts to get into the adjacent room where the sisters tremble in fear, but finds that the door is locked. The drunken housekeeper menaces them by brandishing a gun through a hole in the wall.
Released: 1912-09-0916 minDir: D.W. GriffithDrama
Cast
- Lillian Gish as Eldest Sister
- Dorothy Gish as Youngest Sister
- Robert Harron as The Boyfriend
- Elmer Booth as The Brother
- Grace Henderson as The Maid
- Harry Carey as The Safecracker
Themes
- race against time
- menace
- thief
- silent film
- mortal danger
- safecracker
- safe deposit box
- peril
- young sisters
- sisters
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- short film
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Creator
- D. W. Griffith
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Director
- D. W. Griffith
- Cast member
- Erich von Stroheim
- Composer
- Robert Israel
- Production company
- Biograph Company
- Cinematographer
- Billy Bitzer
- Filming location
- Fort Lee
- Duration
- 17
- FilmAffinity ID
- 309215
- Image
- An Unseen Enemy.jpg
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- Commons category
- An Unseen Enemy
- publication date
- 1912-01-01
- title
- An Unseen Enemy
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- General Film Company
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 4:3
- copyright status
- public domain
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