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Watch on the Rhine is a 1943 American drama film directed by Herman Shumlin and starring Bette Davis and Paul Lukas. The screenplay by Dashiell Hammett is based on the 1941 play Watch on the Rhine by Lillian Hellman.
Bette Davis stars as the wife of a German anti-Nazi engineer who returns to the US with his family and faces a threat from a Romanian count. The film, based on a play by Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman, won an Oscar for Paul Lukas as Best Actor.
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- Drama, Thriller
- Herman Shumlin, Hal Mohr
- 1943-08-27
" Die Wacht am Rhein " ( German: [diː ˈvaxt am ˈʁaɪn], The Watch on the Rhine) is a German patriotic anthem. The song's origins are rooted in the historical French–German enmity, and it was particularly popular in Germany during the Franco-Prussian War and the First World War.
German LyricsLiteral TranslationNineteenth-century Verse Translation[1]Modern Verse TranslationEs braust ein Ruf wie Donnerhall, wie ...There roars a call like a thunderclap, ...A wild cry leaps like thunder roar, Like ...The cry resounds like thunder's peal, ...Refrain Lieb Vaterland, magst ruhig ...Chorus Dear fatherland, put your mind at ...Chorus Dear Fatherland! no fear be thine, ...Chorus Dear fatherland, no fear be thine, ...Durch Hunderttausend zuckt es schnell, ...Through a hundred thousand it quickly ...Through countless thousands thrills that ...They stand, a hundred thousand strong, ...Er blickt hinauf in Himmelsau'n, wo ...He looks up to the meadows of heaven, ...The ghost of many a German Knight Looks ...He casts his eyes to heaven's blue, From ...Watch on the Rhine, drama in three acts by Lillian Hellman, published and produced in 1941. Performed just eight months before the United States entered World War II, Hellman’s play exposed the dangers of fascism in America, asserting that tyranny can also be battled on the home front.
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Nazi agents pursue a German freedom-fighter and his family to Washington.
Jan 22, 2019 · Lillian Hellman's 1941 stage hit (adapted by Dashiell Hammett) retains its emotional and intellectual power in this wartime suspense classic. With Paul Lukas and Bette Davis. Directed By Herman ...
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- 18.4K
- Warner Bros. Classics
Unscrupulous Romanian count Teck de Brancovis (George Coulouris), a houseguest of Sara's family in Washington, D.C., discovers Kurt's secret and threatens to...
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- Drama
