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This is sort of a democratic propaganda film from director Holger-Madsen, which keeps on preaching and preaching. Heavy preaching, with long title-cards always slowing the movie down and stretching this 1918 drama out nearly 2 hours! It's well acted, but politics just gets pushed at you at frustrating levels! So much that it becomes unbearable at times. A Friend of the People demands a lot from it's viewer and is certainly not a movie for everyone, no matter how well-meaning it's supposed to be.