Broken Lullaby
Honor Thy Father...And Thy Mother BUT HOW ABOUT OUR ENEMY'S PARENTS? How About His Sweetheart, the Girl We Love?
1932 · 1h 16m · N/A
Drama
Directed by
Ernst Lubitsch
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Ernst Lubitsch Director
- Lionel Barrymore as Dr. H. Holderlin
- Phillips Holmes as Paul Renard
- Nancy Carroll as Fraulein Elsa
- Louise Carter as Frau Holderlin
- Lucien Littlefield as Herr Walter Schultz
- Tom Douglas as Walter Holderlin
- Zasu Pitts as Anna, Holderlin's Maid
- Frank Sheridan as Priest
- George Bickel as Herr Bresslauer, Dress Shop Owner
- Emma Dunn as Frau Miller
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