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Three Comrades (1938 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Three Comrades' is a 1938 drama film directed by Frank Borzage and produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz for MGM. The screenplay is by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Edward E. Paramore Jr., and was adapted from the novel 'Three Comrades' by Erich Maria Remarque. It tells the story of the friendship of three young German soldiers following World War I, during the Weimar Republic and the rise of Nazism.
The film stars Robert Taylor, Margaret Sullavan, Franchot Tone and Robert Young. Sullavan was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Cast
*Robert Taylor as Erich Lohkamp
*Margaret Sullavan as Patricia Hollmann
*Franchot Tone as Otto Koster
*Robert Young as Gottfried Lenz
*Guy Kibbee as Alfons
*Lionel Atwill as Breuer
*Henry Hull as Dr. Becker
*Charley Grapewin as Local Doctor
*Monty Woolley as Dr. Jaffe
Reception
Frank Nugent, critic for 'The New York Times', called 'Three Comrades' "a beautiful and memorable film. Faithful to the spirit and, largely, to the letter of the novel, it has been magnificently directed, eloquently written, and admirably played." He praised nearly all of the main actors, particularly Sullavan ("Hers is a shimmering, almost unendurably lovely performance."), but was less impressed with Taylor ("who is good occasionally but more often is merely acceptable").
According to MGM records, the film earned $1,193,000 in the United States and Canada and $850,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $472,000.
The film was nominated for the American Film Institute's 2002 list AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions.
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