Broken Lullaby

Broken Lullaby

Honor Thy Father...And Thy Mother BUT HOW ABOUT OUR ENEMY'S PARENTS? How About His Sweetheart, the Girl We Love?

NR 1932 · 76 min · ★ 7.4 · Drama

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.

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch · Written by Samson Raphaelson

Your Rating

Where to Watch

Rent or Buy

Cast

Lionel Barrymore Dr. H. Holderlin
Phillips Holmes Paul Renard
Nancy Carroll Fraulein Elsa
Louise Carter Frau Holderlin
Lucien Littlefield Herr Walter Schultz
Tom Douglas Walter Holderlin
Zasu Pitts Anna, Holderlin's Maid
Frank Sheridan Priest
George Bickel Herr Bresslauer, Dress Shop Owner
Emma Dunn Frau Miller
Reginald Pasch Fritz's Father
Rodney McLennan War Veteran

Make it a double feature

2h 39m together

Broken Lullaby

Trouble in Paradise

Both from Ernst Lubitsch.

More from Ernst LubitschSee all →

The Shop Around the Corner

The Shop Around the Corner · 1940

The Shop Around the Corner

MovieComedyDrama

Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.

To Be or Not to Be

To Be or Not to Be · 1942

To Be or Not to Be

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

Ninotchka

Ninotchka · 1939

MovieComedyRomance

A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.

Trouble in Paradise

Trouble in Paradise · 1932

Trouble in Paradise

MovieComedyCrime

Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.

The Last Command

The Last Command · 1928

The Last Command

MovieDramaHistory

A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.

Cluny Brown

Cluny Brown · 1946

MovieRomanceComedy

Amateur plumber Cluny Brown gets sent off by her uncle to work as a servant at an English country estate.

Design for Living

Design for Living · 1933

Design for Living

MovieComedyRomance

Independent Gilda is resigned fo a life of married tedium when Tom and George, having gotten past their jealousy, come to America and whisk Gilda away to live an exciting polyamorous life in Paris.

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife · 1938

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

MovieComedyRomance

American multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broke French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the line of his ex-wives and undertakes her own strategy to tame him.

That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II · 1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

MovieDocumentaryMusic

Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.

Desire

MovieRomanceCrime

Madeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses American engineer Tom, who is driving on his vacation to Spain, to get the pearls out of France. But getting the pearls back from him proves to be difficult without falling in love.

Heaven Can Wait

Heaven Can Wait · 1943

Heaven Can Wait

MovieComedyRomance

Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is sure he deserves after living a life of profligacy. The devil, however, isn't so sure Henry meets Hell's standards. Convinced he is where he belongs, Henry recounts his life's deeds, both good and bad, including an act of indiscretion during his 25-year marriage to his wife, Martha, with the hope that "His Excellency" will arrive at the proper judgment.

The Merry Widow

The Merry Widow · 1934

The Merry Widow

MovieComedyMusic

A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.

The Oyster Princess

The Oyster Princess · 1919

The Oyster Princess

A pampered American oyster tycoon decides to buy a husband for his daughter, but things don’t go quite as planned. Along the way there are mishaps, misunderstandings and a foxtrot sequence that must be seen to be believed.

To Be or Not to Be

To Be or Not to Be · 1983

To Be or Not to Be

A bad Polish actor is just trying to make a living when Poland is invaded by the Germans in World War II. His wife has the habit of entertaining young Polish officers while he's on stage, which is also a source of depression to him. When one of her officers comes back on a Secret Mission, the actor takes charge and comes up with a plan for them to escape.

Angel

MovieRomanceDrama

While vacationing without her busy British diplomat husband, a married woman falls for another man.

Dragonwyck

Dragonwyck · 1946

MovieDramaRomance

A simple Connecticut farm girl is recruited by a distant relative, an aristocratic patroon, to be governess to his young daughter in his Hudson Valley mansion.

More Like This

1922

MovieHorrorCrime

A simple yet proud rancher conspires to murder his wife for financial gain, convincing his teenage son to participate.

The Country Girl

The Country Girl · 1954

The Country Girl

An actor on the skids is given one more chance to regain his stardom, as well as his self-respect, yet his alcoholism may prevent that from happening.

Stalag 17

Stalag 17 · 1953

MovieComedyDrama

After two American prisoners are killed by guards in the act of escaping from a German POW camp in World War II, barracks black marketeer J.J. Sefton is suspected of being an informer.

Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan · 1998

Saving Private Ryan

As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.

First Reformed

First Reformed · 2018

A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.

Fearless

Fearless · 1993

After surviving a plane crash that kills many others, Max Klein develops a sense of invulnerability, leading to radical, compulsive actions. Can a psychologist and a fellow guilt-ridden survivor bring him down to earth?

The Mortal Storm

The Mortal Storm · 1940

The Mortal Storm

The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. After the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Breitner, a family friend, is caught up in the turmoil.

Viridiana

Viridiana · 1962

Viridiana is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit her aging uncle, Don Jaime. He supports her; but the two have met only once. Jaime thinks Viridiana resembles his dead wife. Viridiana has secretly despised this man all her life and finds her worst fears proven when Jaime grows determined to seduce his pure niece. Viridiana becomes undone as her uncle upends the plans she had made to join the convent.

Bounce

MovieDramaRomance

Buddy Amaral, a successful and self-absorbed Los Angeles advertising executive, switches airline tickets with a stranger just before boarding a long-delayed flight so that he might enjoy an overnight fling with a pretty Dallas businesswoman. When the plane goes down, killing all aboard, Buddy's guilt soon turns into an alcohol problem. As part of his 12-step program, Buddy seeks atonement and decides to seek out the woman he thinks he's left a widow.

My Own Private Idaho

My Own Private Idaho · 1991

My Own Private Idaho

In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find Mike's estranged mother. Along the way they turn tricks for money and drugs, eventually attracting the attention of a wealthy benefactor and sexual deviant.

The Promised Land

The Promised Land · 1975

The Promised Land

MovieDramaHistory

At the turn of the century, Lodz, Poland, was a quick-paced manufacturing center for textiles, replete with cutthroat industrialists and unsafe working conditions. Three young friends, a Pole, a Jew, and a German, pool their money together to build a factory.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter