The Shadow's Edge
Action · Crime
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Film / 1943
Die Wacht am Rhein
Directed by
Herman Shumlin
On the eve of World War II, the German Kurt Müller, his American-born wife Sara, and their three children, having lived in Europe for years, visit Sara's wealthy mother near Washington, DC. Kurt secretly works for the anti-Nazi resistance. A visiting Romanian count, becoming aware of this, seeks to blackmail him.
The story
On the eve of World War II, the German Kurt Müller, his American-born wife Sara, and their three children, having lived in Europe for years, visit Sara's wealthy mother near Washington, DC. Kurt secretly works for the anti-Nazi resistance. A visiting Romanian count, becoming aware of this, seeks to blackmail him.
Cast
Bette DavisSara Müller
Paul LukasKurt Müller
Geraldine FitzgeraldMarthe de Brancovis
Lucile WatsonFanny Farrelly
Beulah BondiAnise
George CoulourisTeck de Brancovis
Donald WoodsDavid Farrelly
Henry DaniellPhili Von Ramme
Eric RobertsBodo
Donald BukaJoshua
Anthony CarusoItalian Man
Helmut DantineYoung Man
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Clyde FillmoreSam Chandler
Erwin KalserDr. Klauber
Kurt KatchHerr Blecher
Clarence MuseHorace
Frank H. WilsonJoseph
Janis WilsonBabette
Mary YoungMrs. Mellie Sewell
Rudolph AndersOberdorff
Leah BairdMiss Drake (uncredited)
Joseph E. BernardTrainman (uncredited)
Paul BradleyEmbassy Party Guest (uncredited)
George CalligaEmbassy Party Guest (uncredited)
Glen CavenderServant (uncredited)
Herma CordovaWoman (uncredited)
Elvira CurciItalian Woman (uncredited)
Jean De BriacMr. Chabeuf (uncredited)
Jack DeeryEmbassy Party Guest (uncredited)
Joseph DeVillardSpanish General (uncredited)
Gretl DupontWoman (uncredited)
Robert FischerGerman Ambassador (uncredited)
Bess FlowersEmbassy Party Guest (uncredited)
Curt FurbergEmbassy Party Guest (uncredited)
Alan Hale Jr.Boy (uncredited)
Creighton HaleChauffeur (uncredited)
Howard HickmanCyrus Penfield (uncredited)
Max LinderEmbassy Party Guest (uncredited)
Edmund MortimerEmbassy Party Guest (uncredited)
Jack MowerTrainman (uncredited)
Wedgwood NowellAmerican Diplomat (uncredited)
Garry OwenTaxi Driver (uncredited)
Frank ReicherAdmiral (uncredited)
Walter O. StahlButler (uncredited)
Count StefenelliEmbassy Party Guest (uncredited)
Ellinor VanderveerEmbassy Party Guest (uncredited)
Hans von MorhartGerman (uncredited)
William WashingtonDoc (uncredited)
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