Watch on the Rhine

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1943-08-27

Languages:

English, German

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

114 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (2510 Reviews)

Director:

Herman Shumlin Hal Mohr

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Bette Davis Paul Lukas Geraldine Fitzgerald Lucile Watson

Writer:

Dashiell Hammett (screen play)

Lillian Hellman (additional scenes and dialogue)

Lillian Hellman (from the stage play by)

Fullplot:

Sara and Kurt Muller and their three children are returning to her mother's home in Washington DC 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.

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