Four Sons (1940 film)

This article is about the 1940 remake. For the 1928 silent film, see Four Sons.

Four Sons
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Directed by	Archie Mayo
Produced by	Darryl F. Zanuck
Written by	John Howard Lawson Milton Sperling (add. dialogue)
Based on	"Grandmother Bernle Learns Her Letters" by I. A. R. Wylie
Starring	Don Ameche Eugenie Leontovich
Cinematography	Leon Shamroy
Production company	Twentieth Century-Fox
Distributed by	Twentieth Century-Fox
Release dates	June 14, 1940
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Four Sons is a 1940 war film directed by Archie Mayo. It stars Don Ameche and Eugenie Leontovich. It is a remake of the 1928 film of the same name.

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

• Don Ameche as Chris Bern
• Eugenie Leontovich as Frau Bern
• Mary Beth Hughes as Anna
• Alan Curtis as Karl Bern
• George Ernest as Fritz Bern
• Robert Lowery as Joseph
• Lionel Royce as Max Sturm
• Sig Ruman as Newmann (as Sig Rumann)
• Ludwig Stössel as Pastor
• Christian Rub as Kapek
• Torben Meyer as Gustav

External links

• Four Sons at IMDb
• Four Sons at the TCM Movie Database