Broken Lullaby (1932)

7.5/10 76 min Drama

Overview

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

Emma Dunn

Frau Miller

George Irving

Townsman (uncredited)

Marjorie Main

Frau Schmidt - Townswoman (uncredited)

Tully Marshall

Gravedigger (uncredited)

George Davis

Robert Dudley

Lillian Elliott

Julia Swayne Gordon

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