Broken Lullaby
“Honor Thy Father...And Thy Mother BUT HOW ABOUT OUR ENEMY'S PARENTS? How About His Sweetheart, the Girl We Love?”
1932•NR•1h 16m•7.5•Released
Drama
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
Ernst Lubitsch
Writer
Ernest Vajda, Samson Raphaelson
Languages
English
Studio
Paramount Pictures
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
George Bickel
Herr Bresslauer, Dress Shop Owner
Emma Dunn
Frau Miller
Reginald Pasch
Fritz's Father
Rodney McLennan
War Veteran
George Irving
Townsman (uncredited)
Marjorie Main
Frau Schmidt - Townswoman (uncredited)
Tully Marshall
Gravedigger (uncredited)
Production
Company
Paramount Pictures
Producer
Ernst Lubitsch
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