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Watch on the Rhine

On her lonesome lips a smile.

1943 · 1h 54m

Directed by Herman Shumlin

6.9

TMDB audience score
57 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

On the eve of World War II, the German Kurt Müller, his American-born wife Sara, and their three children, having lived in Europe for years, visit Sara's wealthy mother near Washington, DC. Kurt secretly works for the anti-Nazi resistance. A visiting Romanian count, becoming aware of this, seeks to blackmail him.

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Cast

  • Bette Davis
    Sara Müller

  • Paul Lukas
    Kurt Müller

  • Geraldine Fitzgerald
    Marthe de Brancovis

  • Lucile Watson
    Fanny Farrelly

  • Beulah Bondi
    Anise

  • George Coulouris
    Teck de Brancovis

  • Donald Woods
    David Farrelly

  • Henry Daniell
    Phili Von Ramme

  • Eric Roberts
    Bodo

  • Donald Buka
    Joshua

  • Anthony Caruso
    Italian Man

  • Helmut Dantine
    Young Man

  • Clyde Fillmore
    Sam Chandler

  • Erwin Kalser
    Dr. Klauber

  • Kurt Katch
    Herr Blecher

  • Clarence Muse
    Horace

  • Frank H. Wilson
    Joseph

  • Janis Wilson
    Babette