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Four Sons
Directed by Archie Mayo
Written by John Howard Lawson
Milton Sperling (add. dialogue)
Based on"Grandmother Bernle Learns Her Letters"
by I. A. R. Wylie
Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck
Starring Don Ameche
Eugenie Leontovich
Cinematography Leon Shamroy
Production
company
Distributed byTwentieth Century-Fox
Release date
  • June 14, 1940 (1940-06-14)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Four Sons is a 1940 war film directed by Archie Mayo. [1] It stars Don Ameche and Eugenie Leontovich. [2] It is a remake of the 1928 film of the same name. [3]

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.

Plot

When the Germans invade Czechoslovakia in 1939, the four sons of a Czecho-German family follow different paths: Czech patriot, Nazi supporter, artist in America, and heroic German soldier.

Cast

References

  1. ^ "AFI-Catalog". catalog.afi.com.
  2. ^ "Four Sons (1940)". BFI. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016.
  3. ^ "Four Sons (1940) - Archie Mayo - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Four Sons
Directed by Archie Mayo
Written by John Howard Lawson
Milton Sperling (add. dialogue)
Based on"Grandmother Bernle Learns Her Letters"
by I. A. R. Wylie
Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck
Starring Don Ameche
Eugenie Leontovich
Cinematography Leon Shamroy
Production
company
Distributed byTwentieth Century-Fox
Release date
  • June 14, 1940 (1940-06-14)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Four Sons is a 1940 war film directed by Archie Mayo. [1] It stars Don Ameche and Eugenie Leontovich. [2] It is a remake of the 1928 film of the same name. [3]

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.

Plot

When the Germans invade Czechoslovakia in 1939, the four sons of a Czecho-German family follow different paths: Czech patriot, Nazi supporter, artist in America, and heroic German soldier.

Cast

References

  1. ^ "AFI-Catalog". catalog.afi.com.
  2. ^ "Four Sons (1940)". BFI. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016.
  3. ^ "Four Sons (1940) - Archie Mayo - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.



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