The read
Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
A love story centered on the lives of three young German soldiers in the years following World War I. Their close friendship is strengthened by their shared love for the same woman who is dying of tuberculosis.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do.
39 audience votes
Key crew
- Frank BorzageDirector
- F. Scott FitzgeraldScreenplay
- Edward E. Paramore Jr.Screenplay
- Franz WaxmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Robert TaylorErich Lohkamp
- Margaret SullavanPatricia Hollmann
- Franchot ToneOtto Koster
- Robert YoungGottfried Lenz
- Guy KibbeeAlfons
- Lionel AtwillBreuer
- Henry HullDr. Becker
- Charley GrapewinLocal Doctor
- Monty WoolleyDr. Jaffe
- Stanley AndrewsOfficer giving toast (uncredited)
- Jessie ArnoldNurse at sanatorium (uncredited)
- George ChandlerFirst comic with singer (uncredited)