A rather silly melodramatic ending spoils this Warner Brothers feature about the
unreasoning prejudice against German Americans during World War I. As we learned more and more of Adolph Hitler's intentions you can bet that Jack, Harry,
and Albert shelved this particular item.
At the turn of the last century Barbara Stanwyck meets and marries German immigrant Otto Kruger and at first they're happy. Kruger in fact has a good job teaching chemistry at a college.
All that changes when World War I starts and Stanwyck and Kruger suffer a series of setbacks and tragedies culminating with Kruger losing his citizenship and being deported. Sound familiar?
And then the two meet again in France during the war. What happens I won't reveal, but it's kind of off the wall. I guess the moral of the story was don't marry a German.
Stanwyck delivers a good performance and Kruger underplays his tragic role beautifully. Still I think this film deserved a better ending.
At the turn of the last century Barbara Stanwyck meets and marries German immigrant Otto Kruger and at first they're happy. Kruger in fact has a good job teaching chemistry at a college.
All that changes when World War I starts and Stanwyck and Kruger suffer a series of setbacks and tragedies culminating with Kruger losing his citizenship and being deported. Sound familiar?
And then the two meet again in France during the war. What happens I won't reveal, but it's kind of off the wall. I guess the moral of the story was don't marry a German.
Stanwyck delivers a good performance and Kruger underplays his tragic role beautifully. Still I think this film deserved a better ending.