The Enemy Within (1918 film)
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The Enemy Within is a 1918 Australian silent film
starring renowned Australian sportsman Snowy Baker in his first screen role. He plays a secret agent battling saboteurs based on the International Workers of the World. The film was partly inspired by the real-life raid of the SMS Wolf
in the Pacific during World War I
, including the sinking of the Cumberland.
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
starring renowned Australian sportsman Snowy Baker in his first screen role. He plays a secret agent battling saboteurs based on the International Workers of the World. The film was partly inspired by the real-life raid of the SMS Wolf
SMS Wolf (auxiliary cruiser)
SMS Wolf was an armed merchant raider or auxiliary cruiser of the German Imperial Navy in World War I...
in the Pacific during World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, including the sinking of the Cumberland.
External links
- The Enemy Within at the National Film and Sound ArchiveNational Film and Sound ArchiveThe National Film and Sound Archive is Australia’s audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national collection of audiovisual materials and related items...
- Example of a contemporary newspaper ad for the film