Broken Lullaby
24/01/1932
1h 16m



A young French soldier in World War I is overcome with guilt when he kills a German soldier who, like himself, is a musically gifted conscript, each having attended the same musical conservatory in France. The fact that the incident occurred in war does not assuage his guilt. He travels to Germany to meet the man's family.
Cast


Lionel Barrymore
Dr. H. Holderlin


Phillips Holmes
Paul Renard


Nancy Carroll
Fraulein Elsa


Louise Carter
Frau Holderlin


Lucien Littlefield
Herr Walter Schultz


Tom Douglas
Walter Holderlin


Zasu Pitts
Anna, Holderlin's Maid


Frank Sheridan
Priest
George Bickel
Herr Bresslauer, Dress Shop Owner


Emma Dunn
Frau Miller
Reginald Pasch
Fritz's Father
Rodney McLennan
War Veteran


George Irving
Townsman (uncredited)


Marjorie Main
Frau Schmidt - Townswoman (uncredited)


Tully Marshall
Gravedigger (uncredited)


George Davis


Robert Dudley


Lillian Elliott


Julia Swayne Gordon
Kate MacKenna


Torben Meyer


Russ Powell


Joan Standing


Marvin Stephens


John Steppling
Louis Van der Ecker
Anton Vaverka


Dorothy Vernon


Paul Weigel
Lottie Williams
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