Behind the Door

IMDb link: 0009915
IMDb rating: 7.2 (495 votes)
Genres: Thriller, Drama, War
Director: Irvin Willat
Cast: Hobart Bosworth, Jane Novak, Wallace Beery, James Gordon, J.P. Lockney and others

Release date: 14 Dec 1919
Release year: 1919
Runtime: 70 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: german american, submarine, world war one, maine, taxidermy, torture, year 1925, year 1917, telegram, loss of wife

Plot:

Oscar Krug is looked upon with suspicion by his neighbors because of his German name. When the U.S. is drawn into the war with Germany, he enlists and travels the seas with his wife, Alice Morse. During a submarine attack, Alice is snatched from Krug's side by a German officer. Krug now lives to have his revenge, and when the opportunity presents itself, he will have it.

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