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Surrender (1931)

Surrender poster
Directed by
William K. Howard
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 09m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

During World War I, a French woman marries a German soldier to save her family. The film focuses on their strained relationship and the moral compromises of war.

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What happens

Surrender is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by William K. Howard, written by S.N. Behrman, and starring Warner Baxter, Leila Hyams, Ralph Bellamy, C. Aubrey Smith, and Alexander Kirkland. It is based on Axelle, a novel by Pierre Benoit. The film is widely considered to have exerted an enormous influence upon Jean Renoir's subsequent Grand Illusion. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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