Brother Against Brother (1913) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1913 · 51 mins

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Directed by

Mauritz Stiller

Starring

Richard Lund, John Ekman, Georg Grönroos, Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson, Edith Erastoff, Nils Elffors

In a tense pre‑war setting, two brothers find themselves vying for the affection of the same woman while the looming conflict threatens to tear them apart across the border. Their rivalry and the approaching war intertwine, highlighting personal stakes against a national crisis. The film adapts Émile Zola’s novel “La Débâcle.”