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Release Date:
3 June 1938 (USA) more
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A Tribute To Love That You'll Carry Thru Life ! more
Plot:
A love story centered around the lives of three young German soldiers in the years following World War I... more | add synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win more
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Margaret Sullavan Luminous in a Borzage Classic more (11 total)

Cast

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Robert Taylor ... Erich Lohkamp
Margaret Sullavan ... Patricia 'Pat' Hollmann

Franchot Tone ... Otto Koster
Robert Young ... Gottfried Lenz
Guy Kibbee ... Alfons
Lionel Atwill ... Franz Breuer
Henry Hull ... Dr. Heinrich Becker
Charley Grapewin ... Local Doctor
Monty Woolley ... Dr. Jaffe
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Runtime:
100 min
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1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono | Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (certificate #4166)

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This was F. Scott Fitzgerald's only screen writng credit. more
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Margaret Sullavan Luminous in a Borzage Classic, 26 January 2004
Author: Kalaman from Ottawa

"Three Comrades" is one of Frank Borzage's most poignant and memorable love stories.

Based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque on post-World War I Germany, it concerns three war veterans - Robert Taylor, Franchot Tone, and Robert Young - returning to Berlin on the brink of Nazism and poverty. They share the love of one woman played by Margaret Sullavan who provides them with hope and eternal transcendence.

"Three Comrades" is less emotionally gripping than Borzage's other anti-Nazi films starring Sullavan - "Little Man What Now?"(1934) & "The Mortal Storm"(1940) - but it is imbued with a tender, soft-focus romantic aura and Borzage's characteristic signature, the redemptive powers of love.

Like her role in Borzage's "Little Man", Sullavan is extraordinarily luminous and touching. Aside from Borzage's ethereal touch, I think she is the one that makes the film truly memorable and poignant. The final moment is particularly priceless.

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