Three comrades 1938 is a drama, romance movie starring robert taylor and margaret sullavan. Three comrades 1938 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing three comrades near you. Three comrades 1938 stream and watch online moviefone. This film is quite an oddity, and it is surprisingly quite good. Melodrama virtuoso frank borzage seventh heaven directs. Set in germany in the years just following world war i, the film stars robert taylor, franchot tone and robert young as three battleweary.
Erich robert taylor wins her heart, but all three men bond over their affection for her as. Their close friendship is strengthened by their shared love. Director frank borzages opening, end of the first world war, introducing cheery german veterans erich robert taylor, otto franchot tone and gottfried robert young in three comrades, 1938, from erich maria remarques novel view the tcmdb entry for three comrades 1938. You may try to resist the films maudlin denouement, but by the time the bathos sets in, you will have become so charmed by the lovable cast that you will find yourself helplessly if reluctantly caught up in the sentimentality. And as patricia, sullavan remains the films luminous soul, its cherished fourth comrade. Scott fitzgerald and erich maria remarque, and that shows what could have been a routine melodrama, is turned into something quite investing. Three comrades torn from a million souls torn from a million souls. World war i is over and three german soldiers open a repair ship to get on with their lives. Three comrades movie posters from movie poster shop. Set in germany in the years just following world war i, the film stars robert taylor, franchot tone and robert young as three battleweary, thoroughly disillusioned returning soldiers. With robert taylor, margaret sullavan, franchot tone, robert young. Watch three comrades online stream full movie directv. Breuer introduces them to his mistress, patricia margaret sullavan. Margaret sullavan gave the best dramatic performance of her career in this film.
The three faces of eve a terrific movie about how dissociative personality disorder. Erich robert taylor finds unexpected love with frail patricia margaret. Three comrades is finely written, produced and acted, but is so filled with desolation and the shadow of impoverishment and death, that moviegoers may find it rather bitter fare as entertainment. The close friendship of three german soldiers is strengthened by their shared love for the same woman, who is dying of tuberculosis. One response to three comrades 1938 david csontos, on january 1st, 2020 at 3. So three german soldiers open a repair ship and get on with their lives. Erich finds unexpected love with frail patricia, gottfried falls in with a verboten anti nationalist group, otto approaches each day with worldly cynicism. Based on a novel by erich maria remarque, three comrades represented one of the few successful screenwriting efforts of f. Mankiewicz and director frank borzage, as the trailer boasts, hollywoods no. The image measures 772 1200 pixels and is 172 kilobytes large. Released 1938, three comrades stars robert taylor, margaret sullavan, franchot tone, robert young the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 38 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic.
A car they assemble from a scrap heap wins the admiration of wealthy breuer lionel. A car they assemble from a scrap heap wins the admiration of wealthy breuer lionel atwill after they beat him in an informal highway race. A love story centered on the lives of three young german soldiers in the years following world war i. Three comrades is a 1938 drama film directed by frank borzage and produced by joseph l. Their close friendship is strengthened by their shared love for the same woman who is dying of tuberculosis. John dickson carr, the three coffins, cover art by rudolph belarski. Starring robert taylor, margaret sullavan, franchot tone, and robert young. Three comrades this is a manufactured on demand disc that was created using a dvdr disc. Three comrades is finely written, produced and acted, but is so filled with desolation and the shadow of impoverishment and death, that movie goers may find it rather bitter fare as entertainment.
Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Director borzage, known for romantic movies, is doing very well, only the end is. See what the critics had to say and watch the trailer. Learning mechanic work during the war, the three comrades open up a car repair shop.
After viewing the final cut, fitzgerald wrote his sisterinlaw and declared. Agreed not mustsee, but not a terrible film all told esp. Three comrades original theatrical trailer youtube. Three comrades 1938 with robert taylor classic film freak. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. 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. Three comrades 1938 official trailer robert taylor, margaret. Scott fitzgerald, composer franz waxman, producer joseph l. Their close friendship is strengthened by their shared lov. In contrast, zelda viewed the film upon its release in 1938 and effusively praised the movie in a letter to her husband. A car they assemble from a scrap heap wins the admiration of wealthy breuer lionel atwill after they beat him. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title three comrades. Much going for it, indeed, and the film is softtoned and enjoyable. May 25, 2015 learning mechanic work during the war, the three comrades open up a car repair shop.
Three comrades 1938 movie clip idealist born of the war. Scott fitzgerald from a novel by erich maria remarque, three former soldiers robert taylor, robert young, and. Buy three comrades movie posters from movie poster shop. John dickson carrs the three coffins also published as the hollow man is a 1935 dr gideon fell mystery and it is of course a lockedr. Jan 22, 2010 world war i is over, let the living begin. Director borzage, known for romantic movies, is doing very well, only the end is too schmaltzy. Three comrades brought together an improbable confluence of talent, all trying to find a way to work around the implacable censoriousness of the hollywood system. And through all thats to come, the men know they will remain three comrades. Three comrades was one of the few films on which f. Three comrades 1938 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Erich robert taylor is the gentle soul looking for love, gottfriend robert young is a liberal idealist eager to help the cause, and otto franchot tone is the wise, worldweary one who tends to see both sides of the coin. Three comrades is a movie about friendship and love in a difficult time after ww1. Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to cinemagoers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 76%. Three comrades 1938 returning home from world war i, three german soldiers start an auto repair service. Watch three comrades movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Gallery of 4 movie poster and cover images for three comrades 1938. Three comrades 1938 black and white movie, disney vhs. And yet borzage found a way to work around these constraints to build a film of trembling beauty, positing love as a force not bound by time or space. Returning home from world war i, three german soldiers start an auto repair service. Three comrades 1938 film, a 1938 adaptation of the novel, made the same year. Erich robert taylor finds unexpected love with frail patricia margaret sullavan, gottfried robert young falls in with a verboten antinationalist group, otto franchot tone approaches each day with worldly cynicism. A car they assemble from a scrap heap wins the admiration of. Scott fitzgerald from a novel by erich maria remarque, three former soldiers robert taylor, robert young, and franchot tone suffer from abject poverty in germany after world war i and fall in love with the same woman sullavan, who. He cowrote it with edward e paramore jr from a novel by erich maria remarque who wrote all quiet on the western front and its a beautiful job of work.
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