During World War I, two German men friends who emigrated to the US and become millionaires agree on most things, with one major difference: one has taken the US side against Germany regarding the war, while the other stays stubbornly loyal to "the old country". His stubbornness results in tragedy for his old friend and a lesson in the consequences of blind loyalty.
Acting
Winninger and Ruggles sell decades of friendship before betrayal.
Direction
Dwan stages family table debates like domestic warfare.
Director
Allan Dwan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released months after Pearl Harbor, this was Hollywood's olive branch to German-Americans while demonizing 'the old country.'
Charles Ruggles played Heinrich as Jewish-coded in early drafts; studio made him explicitly Protestant to avoid 'divided sympathies' controversy.
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