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Writers:
Philip Gibbs (story)
Edward Chodorov (screenplay)
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Release Date:
19 August 1933 (USA) more
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Plot:
Captain Fred Allison has been in a German Prisoner of War Camp for a long time. It has been two years since he last saw Monica... more | add synopsis
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Complicated Love Triangle more (2 total)

Cast

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Leslie Howard ... Captain Fred Allison

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. ... Lieutenant Fred 'Dig' Digby
Paul Lukas ... Colonel Carl Ehrlich
Margaret Lindsay ... Monica A. Allison
Robert Barrat ... The Commandant
Arthur Hohl ... Cocky
John Bleifer ... Strogin
William Le Maire ... Joe 'Tex' Martin (as William LeMaire)
J. Carrol Naish ... Cpl. Guarand (as J. Carroll Naish)
Philip Faversham ... Lieutenant Haversham (as Phillip Faversham)
Frank Reicher ... Herr Hauptman, the Adjutant
Joyce Coad ... Elsa the German Milkmaid
Bert Sprotte ... Sergeant Major
Harry Cording ... First Orderly
Halliwell Hobbes ... British Major General (as Halliwell Hobbs)
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Runtime:
69 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

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The airplane escape sequence at the end used 75 biplanes and 1,500 people, and was filmed at night. more
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Featured in Warner at War (2008) (TV) more

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Complicated Love Triangle, 27 July 2003
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Author: Jim Tritten from Corrales, NM

A somewhat far-fetched plot spoils what could have otherwise been an excellent movie with Leslie Howard and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. in the leading roles. Cast as prisoners in a German POW camp during World War I, Leslie Howard finds out that his wife of just six days has strayed during his two years of captivity -- with his best friend. The film has many of the themes that later POW moves will be known for -- the duty to escape vs. the duty to keep the men safe; how far the leader will go in "collaboration" with the camp commandant; duty and honor vs. personal desire; the juxtaposition of international law within the insanity of war. Paul Lukas as excellent as the commandant. The setting of World War I is interesting because it allows the portrayal of the officers as decent chaps that went to school together who now just happened to be trying to kill each other. The final flying sequence is authentic and worth the price of admission. Recommended.

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