Directed by:
Irving PichelScreenplay:
Oliver H.P. GarrettCinematography:
J. Peverell MarleyComposer:
David ButtolphCast:
Joan Bennett, Francis Lederer, Lloyd Nolan, Anna Sten, Otto Kruger, Maria Ouspenskaya, Ludwig Stössel, Lionel Royce, Ernst Deutsch, Egon Brecher, Frank Reicher (more)Plots(1)
This cautionary pre-World War II drama stars Joan Bennett as an American girl who falls in love and marries a German (Francis Lederer) in 1938. At first he seems charming, but Joan discovers that her husband is slowly being seduced by the Nazi Party. Determined to leave, Bennett is forced to battle Lederer for custody of their child, whom the husband plans to raise as a budding Fascist. The Nazi is foiled by his father (Otto Kruger), who crushes Lederer's "iron will" by informing his son that his own mother was Jewish. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Joan Bennett
USA
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Scarlet Street (1945)
We're No Angels (1955)
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Francis Lederer
Austria-Hungary
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Lloyd Nolan
USA
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Anna Sten
Russian Empire
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Otto Kruger
USA
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Maria Ouspenskaya
Russian Empire
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Ludwig Stössel
Austria-Hungary
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Lionel Royce
Austria-Hungary
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Ernst Deutsch
Austria-Hungary
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Egon Brecher
Austria-Hungary
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Anthony Adverse (1936)
Frank Reicher
German Empire
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Charles Irwin
Ireland
Best movies:
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Hans Schumm
German Empire
Best movies:
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Leyland Hodgson
UK
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Walter Bonn
German Empire
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Eugene Borden
France
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Kam Tong
USA
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Rudolph Anders
German Empire
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Greta Meyer
German Empire
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