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Broken Lullaby

"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

17753

Lionel Barrymore

as Dr. H. Holderlin

113513

Phillips Holmes

as Paul Renard

145831

Nancy Carroll

as Fraulein Elsa

34750

Louise Carter

as Frau Holderlin

34574

Lucien Littlefield

as Herr Walter Schultz

1111755

Tom Douglas

as Walter Holderlin

34746

Zasu Pitts

as Anna, Holderlin's Maid

557594

Frank Sheridan

as Priest

1178722

George Bickel

as Herr Bresslauer, Dress Shop Owner

14033

Emma Dunn

as Frau Miller

1168186

Reginald Pasch

as Fritz's Father

1379987

Rodney McLennan

as War Veteran

13823

George Irving

as Townsman (uncredited)

13996

Marjorie Main

as Frau Schmidt - Townswoman (uncredited)

13359

Tully Marshall

as Gravedigger (uncredited)

120701

George Davis

as

217770

Robert Dudley

as

1004547

Lillian Elliott

as

1033217

Julia Swayne Gordon

as

103425

Kate MacKenna

as

12153

Torben Meyer

as

119547

Russ Powell

as

3948

Joan Standing

as

1196969

Marvin Stephens

as

1591718

John Steppling

as

4207130

Louis Van der Ecker

as

1924018

Anton Vaverka

as

927616

Dorothy Vernon

as

14035

Paul Weigel

as

130092

Lottie Williams

as

Crew

2428

Ernst Lubitsch

Director

13336

W. Franke Harling

Original Music Composer

8628

Harry Lindgren

Sound

563119

Reginald Berkeley

Adaptation

30258

Victor Milner

Director of Photography

1144686

Maurice Rostand

Theatre Play

144423

Ernest Vajda

Screenplay

8622

Hans Dreier

Art Direction

2432

Samson Raphaelson

Screenplay

2428

Ernst Lubitsch

Producer