''It Is for England'' is a 1916 silent film propaganda war drama written and directed by

Laurence Cowen Laurence is an English and French given name (usually female in French and usually male in English). The English masculine name is a variant of Lawrence and it originates from a French form of the Latin ''Laurentius'', a name meaning "man from ...

. It is also called The Hidden Hand. It is preserved at the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings'' The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' p.91 c.1978 by The American Film Institute

Cast

*Helene Gingold - Reverend Christian St. George *Percy Moran - Lt. Stephen English RN *Margaret Shelley - Mary Marshall *Thomas Canning - John Marshall MP *R. Courtland - Percy Marshall *

Lionel d'Aragon Lionel d'Aragon (5 July 1863 - 1941) was a British actor of the silent era. He was born in Paris, France and died in Camberwell, London. Selected filmography * '' Heroes of the Mine'' (1913) * '' A Fair Impostor'' (1916) * ''The Valley of Fear' ...

- Sir Charles Rosenbaum Bart MP *

Gilbert Parker Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet (23 November 1862 – 6 September 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain Joseph Parker, R.A. Ed ...

- Himself (*as Sir Gilbert Parker) *Leonard Shepherd - The Kaiser *

Roy Travers Roy Travers (born 1883 in London) was a British actor. Travers appeared in a number of films (mostly directed by Kenelm Foss) made by Astra Films. He died in 1941. Selected filmography * '' East Lynne'' (1913) * ''Sixty Years a Queen'' (1913) * ...

- The Kaiser's Foreign Secretary

References

External links

It Is for England at IMDb.com
1916 films British propaganda films Films set in England British silent feature films British black-and-white films British war drama films 1910s war drama films 1916 drama films 1910s British films Silent war drama films {{war-drama-film-stub