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Broken Lullaby (1932)
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
“Honor Thy Father...And Thy Mother BUT HOW ABOUT OUR ENEMY'S PARENTS? How About His Sweetheart, the Girl We Love?”
Drama · 1h 18m
A young French soldier in World War I is overcome with guilt when he kills a German soldier who, like himself, is a musically gifted conscript, each having attended the same musical conservatory in France. The fact that the incident occurred in war does not assuage his guilt. He travels to Germany to meet the man's family.
Cast
Lionel Barrymore
Dr. H. Holderlin
Phillips Holmes
Paul Renard
Nancy Carroll
Fraulein Elsa
Louise Carter
Frau Holderlin
Lucien Littlefield
Herr Walter Schultz
Tom Douglas
Walter Holderlin
Zasu Pitts
Anna, Holderlin's Maid
Frank Sheridan
Priest
G
George Bickel
Herr Bresslauer, Dress Shop Owner
Emma Dunn
Frau Miller
R
Reginald Pasch
Fritz's Father
R
Rodney McLennan
War Veteran
Crew
- Director
- Ernst Lubitsch
- Screenplay
- Ernest Vajda, Samson Raphaelson
- Director of Photography
- Victor Milner
- Original Music Composer
- W. Franke Harling
- Producer
- Ernst Lubitsch
Details
- Release date
- 1932-01-24
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Paramount Pictures