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Watch on the Rhine (1943)

★ 7.1Approved114 minDirector: Hal Mohr

1943 film by Hal Mohr, Herman Shumlin

Watch on the Rhine is a 1943 American drama film directed by Herman Shumlin and starring Bette Davis and Paul Lukas. The screenplay by Dashiell Hammett is based on the 1941 play Watch on the Rhine by Lillian Hellman. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and Paul Lukas won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Kurt Muller, a German-born anti-fascist in this film.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is Watch on the Rhine about?
Watch on the Rhine (1943) — A German-born engineer, his American wife and their children travel from Mexico to the United States to visit her family, but a Romanian count complicates their plans.
Is Watch on the Rhine based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Watch on the Rhine scary?
Content rating: Approved. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.