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Movie poster: In the Hands of the Enemy (1915)
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In the Hands of the Enemy

1915 · 28 min War Drama
5.0 / 10 · TMDB

During World War I, a countess and her young son volunteer to don disguises and take an important secret message through enemy lines.The fluid editing and vastly more dramatic cinematography (especially the use of close shots for expressiveness and intimacy) are part of the extremely rapid advances in the artistry and technique of the film medium compared to just a year earlier.

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Year 1915
Country United States of America
Genre War, Drama
Runtime 28 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.0/10 (1 votes)

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The film constructs its drama on a powerful duality: the expressive intimacy of pioneering close-ups against the vast, impersonal machinery of war. It explores the primal bond between mother and child stretched to its limit in a landscape of constant peril.

What lingers after viewing is a sense of witnessing a pivotal moment in cinematic art, where technique learned to fully serve human emotion. — MovieFinder Editorial

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