''Peace, Perfect Peace'' is a 1918 British silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Arrigo Bocchi Arrigo Bocchi (c.1871 – ?) was a British-Italian film director and producer of the silent era.Low p.149-50 After the First World War Bocchi worked for Windsor Films at the Catford Studios in London as well as shooting films on location in Ital ...

and starring

Hayford Hobbs Hayford Hobbs (25 August 1890 – 10 January 1957) was a leading British film actor of the silent era and later became a film director. He was born in London, England, in 1891. He made his first screen appearance in the 1915 film ''The Third Gene ...

Mary Odette Marie Odette Goimbault (10 August 1901 – 26 March 1987), known professionally as Mary Odette, was a French-born silent-screen actress. Odette starred in a number of films made by Astra Films. After the slump of 1924 dramatically reduced the ...

and Mary Marsh Allen.Low p.298 The

Armistice An armistice is a formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting. It is not necessarily the end of a war, as it may constitute only a cessation of hostilities while an attempt is made to negotiate a lasting peace. It is derived from t ...

that ends the

First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

allows French and British soldiers to return home.

Cast

as Poilu *

as Marie Odette * Mary Marsh Allen as Mrs. Atkins *

Charles Vane Charles Vane (c. 1680 – 29 March 1721) was an English pirate who operated in the Bahamas during the end of the Golden Age of Piracy. Vane was likely born in the Kingdom of England around 1680. One of his first pirate ventures was under the l ...

as Pensioner *

Bert Wynne Bert Wynne (15 November 1889, Battersea, London – 14 November 1971, Yeovil, Somerset) was a British actor and film director. Selected filmography Director * '' The Town of Crooked Ways'' (1920) * '' The Manchester Man'' (1920) * '' Little Meg ...

as Tommy Atkins * Evelyn Harding as Mother * Chubby Hobbs as Child

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''The History of British Film, Volume III: 1914-1918''. Routledge, 1997.

External links

* 1918 films 1918 drama films English-language drama short films British World War I films Films set in London Films set in England Films set in France Films directed by Arrigo Bocchi British black-and-white films 1910s English-language films 1910s British films Silent British drama short films {{1910s-UK-film-stub