Four Sons (1940 film)
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Directed by | Archie Mayo |
Produced by | Darryl F. Zanuck |
Written by | John Howard Lawson Milton Sperling (add. dialogue) |
Based on | "Grandmother Bernle Learns Her Letters" by I. A. R. Wylie |
Starring | Don Ameche Eugenie Leontovich |
Cinematography | Leon Shamroy |
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Distributed by | Twentieth Century-Fox |
Release dates
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June 14, 1940 |
Running time
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89 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Four Sons is a 1940 war film directed by Archie Mayo.[1] It stars Don Ameche and Eugenie Leontovich.[2] It is a remake of the 1928 film of the same name.[3]
The film follows the lives of four Czecho-German brothers following the German occupation of Czechoslovakia. Two of them choose to serve Nazi Germany, another chooses to fight in support of the Czech lands, and the fourth emigrates to the United States.
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Plot
When the Germans invade Czechoslovakia in 1939, the four sons of a Czecho-German family follow different paths: Czech patriot, Nazi supporter, artist in America, and heroic German soldier.
Cast
- Don Ameche as Chris Bern
- Eugenie Leontovich as Frau Bern
- Mary Beth Hughes as Anna
- Alan Curtis as Karl Bern
- George Ernest as Fritz Bern
- Robert Lowery as Joseph
- Lionel Royce as Max Sturm
- Sig Ruman as Newmann (as Sig Rumann)
- Ludwig Stössel as Pastor
- Christian Rub as Kapek
- Torben Meyer as Gustav
References
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Four Sons at IMDb
- Four Sons at the TCM Movie Database
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