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Watch on the Rhine
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6.9On the eve of World War II, the German Kurt Müller, his American-born wife Sara, and their three children, having lived in Europe for years, visit Sara's wealthy mother near Washington, DC. Kurt secretly works for the anti-Nazi resistance. A visiting Romanian count, becoming aware of this, seeks to blackmail him.
Released: 1943-08-27114 minDir: Herman ShumlinDrama, Thriller
Cast
- Bette Davis as Sara Müller
- Paul Lukas as Kurt Müller
- Geraldine Fitzgerald as Marte Brankovic
- George Coulouris as Teck Brankovic
- Lucile Watson as Fanny Farrelly
- Beulah Bondi as Anise
Themes
- washington dc, usa
- germany
- anti-nazi resistance
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
5,060 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
80%
- Year
- 1943
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 3 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Watch on the Rhine
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Hal Mohr
- Screenwriter
- Lillian Hellman
- Cast member
- Frank H. Wilson
- Composer
- Max Steiner
- Producer
- Hal B. Wallis
- Cinematographer
- Merritt B. Gerstad
- Narrative location
- Washington, D.C.
- Duration
- 114
- FilmAffinity ID
- 181134
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1943-01-01
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- film editor
- Rudi Fehr
- title
- Watch on the Rhine
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Carl Jules Weyl
- after a work by
- Lillian Hellman
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 80%
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