Four Sons (1940 film)

This article is about the 1940 remake. For the 1928 silent film, see Four Sons.
Four Sons
Directed byArchie Mayo
Written byJohn Howard Lawson
Milton Sperling (add. dialogue)
Based on"Grandmother Bernle Learns Her Letters"
by I. A. R. Wylie
Produced byDarryl F. Zanuck
StarringDon Ameche
Eugenie Leontovich
CinematographyLeon Shamroy
Production
company
Distributed byTwentieth Century-Fox
Release date
  • June 14, 1940 (1940-06-14)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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

References

  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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