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Broken Lullaby Phillips Holmes and Nancy Carroll: , 1932

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Release Year

1932

Genre

Drama, Romance, War

Film Type

Feature

Film Class

War Drama

Themes

Haunted By the Past

Tones

Melancholy, Elegiac, Reflective, Poignant

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Plot Summary

A young French soldier in World War I is overcome with guilt whenever he kills a German soldier who...

Run Time

76 min

Aspect Ratio

1.37 : 1

Language

English

Keyword

Guilt, German Soldier, French Soldier, Anti War, Haunted By Past

Sound Mix

Mono

Colour

Black and White

Has Detailed Data (New)

1, 2, 3

Release Date

19/01/1932

Country

USA

Country Of Origin

USA

Wikipedia Text

Broken Lullaby (1932) is an American drama film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and released by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay by Samson Raphaelson and Ernest Vajda is based on the 1930 play L'homme que j'ai tué by Maurice Rostand and its 1931 English-language adaptation, The Man I Killed, by Reginald Berkeley.

Wikipedia Plot

Haunted by the memory of Walter Holderlin, a soldier he killed during World War I, French musician Paul Renard (Holmes) confesses to a priest, who grants him absolution. Using the address on a letter he found on the dead man's body, Paul then travels to Germany to find his family.

Because anti-French sentiment continues to permeate Germany, Dr. Holderlin (Barrymore) initially refuses to welcome Paul into his home, but changes his mind when his son's fiancée Elsa identifies him as the man who has been leaving flowers on Walter's grave. Rather than reveal the real connection between them, Paul tells the Holderlin family he was a friend of their son, who attended the same musical conservatory he did.

Although the hostile townspeople and local gossips disapprove, the Holderlins befriend Paul, who finds himself falling in love with Elsa (Carroll). When she shows Paul her former fiancé's bedroom, he becomes distraught and tells her the truth. She convinces him not to confess to Walter's parents, who have embraced him as their second son, and Paul agrees to forego easing his conscience and stays with his adopted family. Dr. Holderlin presents Walter's violin to Paul, who plays it while Elsa accompanies him on the piano.