Broken Lullaby

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.

7.5

76 min

Cast

Lionel Barrymore

as Dr. H. Holderlin

Phillips Holmes

as Paul Renard

Nancy Carroll

as Fraulein Elsa

Louise Carter

as Frau Holderlin

Lucien Littlefield

as Herr Walter Schultz

Tom Douglas

as Walter Holderlin

Zasu Pitts

as Anna, Holderlin's Maid

Frank Sheridan

as Priest

George Bickel

as Herr Bresslauer, Dress Shop Owner

Emma Dunn

as Frau Miller

Reginald Pasch

as Fritz's Father

Rodney McLennan

as War Veteran

George Irving

as Townsman (uncredited)

Marjorie Main

as Frau Schmidt - Townswoman (uncredited)

Tully Marshall

as Gravedigger (uncredited)

George Davis

Robert Dudley

Lillian Elliott

Julia Swayne Gordon

Kate MacKenna

Torben Meyer

Russ Powell

Joan Standing

Marvin Stephens

John Steppling

Louis Van der Ecker

Anton Vaverka

Dorothy Vernon

Paul Weigel

Lottie Williams

Director

Ernst Lubitsch