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Three Comrades (1938)

Three Comrades poster
Directed by
Frank Borzage
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 39m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 38 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

After World War I, three German friends struggle to rebuild their lives in a defeated and impoverished country. Their bond is tested when one of them falls in love with a woman who is gravely ill.

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What happens

Three Comrades is a 1938 American drama film directed by Frank Borzage and produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz for MGM. The screenplay was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Edward E. Paramore Jr., adapted from the novel Three Comrades by Erich Maria Remarque. The film stars Robert Taylor, Margaret Sullavan, Franchot Tone and Robert Young. Sullavan was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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