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The close friendship of three German soldiers is strengthened by their shared love for the same woman, who is dying of tuberculosis.The close friendship of three German soldiers is strengthened by their shared love for the same woman, who is dying of tuberculosis.The close friendship of three German soldiers is strengthened by their shared love for the same woman, who is dying of tuberculosis.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 4 wins & 1 nomination total
Ricca Allen
- Housekeeper at Sea-side Hotel
- (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews
- Officer Giving Toast
- (uncredited)
Jessie Arnold
- Nurse at Sanatorium
- (uncredited)
Henry Brandon
- Valentin - Man with Eye Patch
- (uncredited)
Francis X. Bushman Jr.
- Second Comic
- (uncredited)
George Chandler
- First Comic with Singer
- (uncredited)
Spencer Charters
- Herr Schultz
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaThis was F. Scott Fitzgerald's only screenwriting credit. Fitzgerald's first draft of the screenplay was completed September 1, 1937.
- GoofsNear the beginning, when the three main characters are seen as civilians, it is 1920. However, Otto's car "Baby" is a 1923 Voisin, and in the road race, the other car is a 1929 Renault.
- Quotes
Young Soldier: [At attention] Major, now that the war is over, can I call you "father" again?
- Crazy creditsThere is no credit for costume design.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Romance of Celluloid (1937)
- SoundtracksAch, wie ist's möglich dann
(uncredited)
(Treue Liebe)
Alte Volksweise
Written by Friedrich Kücken (1827) and Emmerich Freiherr von Hettersdorf (1812)
In the score throughout the film
Played on a record and sung in English by a chorus
Also sung a bit by Barbara Bedford accompanied on piano by Robert Taylor
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A classic weepie
"Three Comrades" was one of the few films on which F. Scott Fitzgerald got a writing credit. He co-wrote it with Edward E Paramore Jr from a novel by Erich Maria Remarque who wrote "All Quiet on the Western Front" and it's a beautiful job of work. It's set in Germany after the First World War, (you'll have no trouble accepting the American cast as Germans), and is about three friends, (Robert Taylor, Franchot Tone and Robert Young), and their relationship with a frivolous, sophisticated and dying girl. She's played magnificently by Margaret Sullavan, (she won the New York Film Critic's prize for Best Actress), and she's the lynchpin of this Frank Borzage classic which is deeply romantic and highly intelligent at the same time. It's a love story that doesn't shy away from the political situation pertaining in Germany at the time without ever being preachy. Indeed, it's one of the great films about friendship and it's very easy to accept Taylor, Tone and Young as men who really care for one another, (Tone is superb and even Taylor and Young don't let the side down), but this is Sullavan's movie. It's a luminous performance, perhaps her finest. Her disappearance from the movies and tragically early death was one of the cinema's greatest losses.
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- Mar 15, 2015
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- Tri ratna druga
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- $839,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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