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Surrender is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by William K. Howard, written by S.N. Behrman, and starring Warner Baxter, Leila Hyams, Ralph Bellamy, C. Aubrey Smith, and Alexander Kirkland. It is based on Axelle, a novel by Pierre Benoit.
Surrender: Directed by William K. Howard. With Warner Baxter, Leila Hyams, Ralph Bellamy, C. Aubrey Smith. French POW Dumaine is sequestered near the castle of a prideful Prussian nobleman, Count Reinmacher, who lives for the day that his four sons will march triumphantly into Paris.
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- Drama
- William K. Howard
- 1931-12-06
Prigionieri (Surrender) - Un film di William K. Howard. Con Warner Baxter, Ralph Bellamy, C. Aubrey Smith. Guerra, USA, 1931. Durata 91 min.
William K. Howard’s ambitious yet compact anti-war drama from 1931 bears a curious resemblance to Jean Renoir’s 1937 La Grande illusion, although it was adapted from a 1928 novel by Pierre Benoit, the author of L’Atlantide.
During World War I, the wily and attractive French POW Sergeant Dumaine is sequestered in a prison camp near the castle of a prideful Prussian nobleman and military general, Count Reichendorf, who lives for the day that his four sons will march triumphantly into Paris.
- William K. Howard
- Fox Film Corporation
- Warner Baxter
- United States
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Stylishly directed and photographed film is stuck with a turgid screenplay and stiff acting. A young German aristocrat (Leila Hyams) is pursued by the scarred commandant (Ralph Bellamy) of a POW camp next to the castle of her old benefactor (Sir C. Aubrey Smith).
