The screenplay was written by the Austrian Robert Wiene his first known involvement with films.
The film is now a lost film, and virtually nothing is known of its plot.
DAVID ROBINSON in the GCM Catalogue: "This long-lost film was the debut in cinema of Robert Wiene (1873- 1938), seven years before his mythical Das Cabinet des Dr Caligari.
For a first film it is admirably assured, with lively narrative and characters, inventive mise-en-scène, and a few, but evocative Berlin locations.
The unique known copy of Die Waffen der Jugend was found in 2009 during the restoration of an old house in Rotterdam, which in the early 20th century was occupied by a family with a photographic equipment business; the film was in a container with other comedies and news films of 1913-1915. Despite its perilous condition - the adhering film had to be painstakingly separated before work on it could begin - it has been successfully and completely restored, with the original tinting.