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Four Sons (1940)

Four Sons poster
Directed by
Archie Mayo
Genre
drama film, war film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows four brothers from Czechoslovakia who are torn apart by the German occupation. They make different choices about loyalty, family, and country.

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What happens

Four Sons is a 1940 war film directed by Archie Mayo. It stars Don Ameche and Eugenie Leontovich. It is a remake of the 1928 film of the same name. The film follows the lives of four Czecho-German brothers following the German occupation of Czechoslovakia. Two of them choose to serve Nazi Germany, another chooses to fight in support of the Czech lands, and the fourth emigrates to the United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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