Watch on the Rhine
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| Directed by | Herman Shumlin Hal Mohr (uncredited) |
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| Produced by | Hal B. Wallis |
| Written by | Lillian Hellman Dashiell Hammett |
| Starring | Bette Davis Paul Lukas Geraldine Fitzgerald Lucile Watson Beulah Bondi George Coulouris |
| Music by | Max Steiner |
| Cinematography | Merritt B. Gerstad Hal Mohr |
| Editing by | Rudi Fehr |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | August 27, 1943 |
| Running time | 114 min. |
| Language | English |
Watch on the Rhine is a 1943 drama film that was adapted by Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman from Hellman's play. The film stars Bette Davis, Paul Lukas and Geraldine Fitzgerald and was directed by Herman Shumlin and Hal Mohr (uncredited).
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[edit] Plot
Kurt Muller (Paul Lukas), an anti-fascist fighter flees Europe to the United States with his wife and three perfectly behaved children in 1940. The family moves in with Muller's wife's mother, in a large house near Washington, D.C. When the family arrives, they find that a Romanian aristocrat and his wife are also staying in the house. The Romanian turns out to be a Nazi sympathizer who attempts to blackmail Muller, threatening to let the Nazis know where he is. To keep him quiet, Muller kills the Romanian, and Muller then heads back to Europe alone to try to save a friend who has been captured by the Nazis.
[edit] Awards
The film won the Academy Award for Best Actor (Paul Lukas), beating Humphrey Bogart for Casablanca, and was nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Lucile Watson), Best Picture and Best Writing, Screenplay.[1]
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