Four Sons (1940 film)

Four Sons
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	Twentieth Century-Fox
Distributed by	Twentieth Century-Fox
Release date	June 14, 1940;
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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

Don Ameche as Chris Bern
Eugenie Leontovich as Frau Bern
Mary Beth Hughes as Anna
Alan Curtis as Karl Bern
George Ernest as Fritz Bern
Robert Lowery as Joseph
Lionel Royce as Max Sturm
Sig Ruman as Newmann (as Sig Rumann)
Ludwig Stössel as Pastor
Christian Rub as Kapek
Torben Meyer as Gustav

References

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

External links

Four Sons at IMDb
Four Sons at the TCM Movie Database

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[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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