On her lonesome lips a smile.
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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Classical in form, earnest, grave and intimate.
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- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
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Cast
- Bette DavisSara Müller
- Paul LukasKurt Müller
- Geraldine FitzgeraldMarthe de Brancovis
- Lucile WatsonFanny Farrelly
- Beulah BondiAnise
- George CoulourisTeck de Brancovis
- Donald WoodsDavid Farrelly
- Henry DaniellPhili Von Ramme
- Eric RobertsBodo
- Donald BukaJoshua
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- Herman ShumlinDirector
- Dashiell HammettScreenplay
- Merritt B. GerstadDirector of Photography
- Hal MohrDirector of Photography
- Max SteinerOriginal Music Composer
- Rudi FehrEditor
- Hal B. WallisProducer
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