Watch on the Rhine

Watch on the Rhine

1943 | 1h 52m | Drama | TV-PG

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Brief Synopsis

Nazi agents pursue a German freedom-fighter and his family to Washington. Paul Lukas won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his depiction of anti-fascist Kurt Muller.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Herman Shumlin

CAST

Bette Davis

Paul Lukas

Geraldine Fitzgerald

George Coulouris

Beulah Bondi

PRODUCERS

Hal B. Wallis

WRITERS

Dashiell Hammett

Host Intros

01:48
Alicia Malone Intro -- Watch On The Rhine (1943)
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TCM's Alicia Malone introduces Watch On The Rhine, 1943.

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04:11
Watch On The Rhine (1943) -- (Movie Clip) We Do Not Know Nazis
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Hosted by her mother (Lucile Watson) in Washington, just-returned ex-pat Sara (Bette Davis) and her German anti-fascist husband Kurt (Paul Lukas) suddenly have reason to suspect the Romanian diplomat house guest (George Coulouris), in Watch On The Rhine, 1943, from the Lillian Hellman play.
03:59
Watch On The Rhine (1943) -- (Movie Clip) We Lived Modestly And Happily
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Returned to the home of her Washingtonian mother (Lucile Watson) and brother (Donald Woods) after 18 years abroad, Sara (Bette Davis) tries to explain how she and German husband Kurt (Paul Lukas), whom she's just introduced, have been getting by, in Watch On The Rhine, 1943.
03:56
Watch On The Rhine (1943) -- (Movie Clip) First Week Of April, 1940
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The opening, from Dashiell Hammett's screenplay based on Lillian Hellman's play, Bette Davis as ex-pat Sara, with German husband Kurt (Paul Lukas) and kids (Donald Buka, Eric Roberts, Janis Wilson), entering the wartime U.S.A from Mexico, in Watch On The Rhine, 1943.
Watch on the Rhine - (Original Trailer)
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Nazi agents pursue a German freedom-fighter and his family to Washington in Watch on the Rhine (1943), with Paul Lukas & Bette Davis, from Lillian Hellman's play.

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