ABSTRACT
The twenty-first International Peace Congress was one of the last attempts by the organised peace movement to prevent war in Europe. Scheduled to start on 15 September 1914, the outbreak of war led to its indefinite cancellation. The Congress is important for its attempts to maintain peace before 1914 but it is also of interest to film history. As the Congress was being held in Vienna in honour of Bertha von Suttner-for many years one of the leaders of the international peace movement-parts of the celebrations were to include the world première of the Danish film Ned med Vaabnene (Lay Down Your Arms1) adapted from her best-selling pacifist novel.
