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| Director: | Ernst Lubitsch | 
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| Writer: | Reginald Berkeley, Ernest Vajda, Samson Raphaelson | 
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 19, 1932 | 
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| Director: | Ernst Lubitsch | 
| Writer: | Reginald Berkeley, Ernest Vajda, Samson Raphaelson | 
| Genres: | Drama | 
| Keywords | guilt, german soldier | 
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Aug 09, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| 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) | 
| George Davis | |
| Robert Dudley | |
| Lillian Elliott | |
| Julia Swayne Gordon | |
| Kate MacKenna | |
| Torben Meyer | |
| Russ Powell | |
| Joan Standing | |
| Marvin Stephens | |
| John Steppling | |
| Louis Van der Ecker | |
| Anton Vaverka | |
| Dorothy Vernon | |
| Paul Weigel | |
| Lottie Williams | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Reginald Berkeley | Adaptation | 
| Ernest Vajda | Screenplay | 
| W. Franke Harling | Original Music Composer | 
| Victor Milner | Director of Photography | 
| Hans Dreier | Art Direction | 
| Harry Lindgren | Sound | 
| Ernst Lubitsch | Director | 
| Maurice Rostand | Theatre Play | 
| Samson Raphaelson | Screenplay | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Ernst Lubitsch | Producer | 
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