Watch on the Rhine
by Herman Shumlin
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Director: Herman ShumlinPrimary Contributor: Bette Davis
Primary Contributor: Paul Lukas
Primary Contributor: Geraldine Fitzgerald
Primary Contributor: Lucile Watson
Primary Contributor: Beulah Bondi
Primary Contributor: George Coulouis
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, NTSC
Running Time: 112 minutes
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
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Movie Review: watch on the rhine
Summary: 5 Stars
Paul Lukas makes this movie worth watching alone. Reprising his stage role he brings a sense of urgency to the role of a freedom fighter. It was released in 1942 and tells the story of pre war america and the return of a daughter and her family from occupied Europe. All is blissful as the reunion unfolds only to have evil from abroad filter in and challange the very tranquility of suburban america.
Summary of Watch on the Rhine
AN AUTHENTIC REGION 1 DVD FROM WARNER BROTHERS. Lillian Hellman's 1941 stage hit (adapted by Dashiell Hammett) retains its emotional and intellectual power in this suspenseful movie awarded the New York Film Critics 1943 Best Picture prize, and lauded as "a distinguished film, full of sense, power and beauty" by the NY Times. The praiseworthy film about standing up for what is right, at all odds, stars Paul Lukas repeating his Broadway triumph as Kurt Muller, a German underground leader who arrives with his family in Washington, DC and soon finds the tentacles of Nazi terror have a very long reach. Lukas' passionate performance earned him an Oscar, beating out Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca and Gary Cooper in For Whom the Bell Tolls. Bette Davis, who took on the film because she believed in its importance, portrays Mullers wife with ringing integrity. Lucile Watson as a socialite whose complacency is shaken out of the magnolias and George Colouris as a shady blackmailer also memorably reprise their stage roles. The film was nominated for 3 Academy Awards, including Best Picture. BONUS FEATURES: * Commentary by film historian Bernard F. Dick * Warner Night at the Movies 1943 short subjects gallery: o Vintage Newsreel o Musical short Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra o Classic cartoon The Wise Quacking Duck o Trailers of Watch on the Rhine and 1943s Mission to MoscowDVD Video
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