Watch on the Rhine / Warner Bros. presents a Warner Bros.-First National picture ; a Hal B. Wallis production ; screen play by Dashiell Hammett ; additional scenes & dialogue by Lillian Hellman ; directed by Herman Shumlin.

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Sara and Kurt Muller and their three children are returning to her mother's home in Washington D.C. after 18 years in Europe. A Romanian Count living there discovers Kurt's attache case full of money. He also finds out from friends at the German Embassy that Kurt is working with an anti-Nazi undergr...

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Corporate Authors: Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
First National Pictures, Inc
Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Wallis, Hal B., 1899-1986 (Producer)
Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961 (Screenwriter)
Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984 (Screenwriter)
Shumlin, Herman, 1898-1979 (Director)
Davis, Bette, 1908-1989 (Actor)
Lukas, Paul, 1894-1971 (Actor)
Fitzgerald, Geraldine, 1913-2005 (Actor)
Watson, Lucile, 1879-1962 (Actor)
Bondi, Beulah, 1892-1981 (Actor)
Coulouris, George, 1903-1989 (Actor)
Steiner, Max, 1888-1971
Language:English
French
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
English dialogue with optional French subtitles or English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2008]
Subjects:
Hellman, Lillian, > 1905-1984 > Television adaptations.
Hellman, Lillian, > 1905-1984 > Film adaptations.
Dispatch cases > Romania > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > Drama.
Extortion > Washington (D.C.) > Drama.
Families > Washington (D.C.) > Drama.
War films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Feature films > United States.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Television adaptations.
Film adaptations.
Drama.
War films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Sara and Kurt Muller and their three children are returning to her mother's home in Washington D.C. after 18 years in Europe. A Romanian Count living there discovers Kurt's attache case full of money. He also finds out from friends at the German Embassy that Kurt is working with an anti-Nazi underground group in Germany. He tries to blackmail Kurt. Kurt shoots him and must flee. When Sara hears no more of Kurt, she knows that her oldest son Joshua will soon leave to work in the underground.
Note:From the stage play by Lillian Hellman.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1943.
Special features: Commentary by film historian Bernard F. Dick; "Warner night at the movies 1943" short subjects gallery; vintage newsreel; "Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra" musical short; "The wise quacking duck" classic cartoon; trailers.
Issued as part of: Bette Davis collection, volume three.
Videorecording.
Call Number:PS3515.E343 W3 2008 VideoDVD
Audience:
Not rated.
Awards:Academy Awards, USA: 1944, Oscar - Best Actor in a Leading Role (Paul Lukas)
Golden Globes, USA: 1944, Golden Globe - Best Motion Picture Actor (Paul Lukas)
ISBN:9781419863806 (set)
1419863800 (set)
9781419864407
1419864408
Credits:Music, Max Steiner ; directors of photography, Merritt Gerstad, Hal Mohr ; editor, Rudi Fehr.
System Details:DVD . NTSC, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., dual-layer.
Cast:
Bette Davis, Paul Lukas, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Lucile Watson, Beulah Bondi, George Coulouris, Henry Daniell.