Their close friendship is strengthened by their shared love. Comrades is a 1986 british historical drama film directed by bill douglas and starring an ensemble cast including james fox, robert stephens and vanessa redgrave. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing three comrades near you. This film is quite an oddity, and it is surprisingly quite good. With robert taylor, margaret sullavan, franchot tone, robert young. Through the pictures of a travelling lanternist, it depicts the story of the tolpuddle martyrs, who were arrested and transported to australia in 1834 for trying to improve their conditions by forming an early. Nominated golden berlin bear berlin film festival 4. A love story centered around the lives of three young german soldiers in the years following world war i.
I have listed the pros and cons of this film as i see them. Three wwi soldiers, upon returning home from battle, open up an autorepair shop. The three friends pool their savings and open an autorepair shop, and. Comrades 1986 was to be bill douglass last film, as he died of cancer in 1991.
Robert taylors star was clearly on the rise when mgm cast him in three comrades 1938, an adaptation of erich maria remarques bestseller about three world war i veterans seeking fortune and romance as hitlers third reich is born. Set in germany in the years just following world war i, the film stars robert taylor, franchot tone and robert young as three battleweary, thoroughly disillusioned returning soldiers. Their close friendship is strengthened by their shared love for the same woman who is dying of tuberculosis. Veteran robert taylor and partners love doomed woman margaret sullavan in 1920s germany. On the outskirts of a large german city, three young men are earning a thin and precarious living. Find movie and film award information for three comrades 1938 frank borzage on allmovie. Though its one of borzages bestknown films, the higher. Three comrades cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. Erich robert taylor wins her heart, but all three men bond over their affection for her as patricias health falls apart, and germany falls into economic and political chaos. From the acclaimed author of all quiet on the western front comes three comrades, a harrowing novel that follows a group of friends as they cope with upheaval in germany between world wars i and ii. Three comrades 1938 where to watch it streaming online. A love story centered on the lives of three young german soldiers in the years following world war i.
Scott fitzgerald and erich maria remarque, and that shows what could have been a routine melodrama, is turned into something quite investing. Sheila rowbotham hails a poetic and painterly work which was. I believe that it was the first time i understood that an american director could be more than a yes man in the hollywood factory. Robert taylor, robert young, guy kibbee, franchot tone, lionel atwill, margaret sullavan show embed code. Gallery of 4 movie poster and cover images for three comrades 1938. Comrades film production is a member of vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Comrades, bill douglass epic 1987 film about the tolpuddle martyrs, is being reissued to mark the 175th anniversary of their trial. Buoyed by a nostalgic rock n roll score, three comrades is a strikingly crafted cinematic mosaica heartrending glimpse of everyday lives shattered by the upheaval of war. Three comrades was one of those movies that played a lot of television in late 1950searly 1960s, and the moving story of three comrades played by robert taylor, robert young and franchot tone and the young woman who enters their lives played by the great sullavan, in her academy awardnominated performance trying to find some solace and.
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title three comrades. Director borzage, known for romantic movies, is doing very well, only the end is too schmaltzy. Three comrades is a 1938 drama film directed by frank borzage and produced by joseph l. Fully armed young storm troopers swagger in the streets. Restlessness, poverty, and violence are everywhere. And as patricia, sullavan remains the film s luminous soul, its cherished fourth comrade. Scott fitzgerald, composer franz waxman, producer joseph l. This is comrades 1986 1 by bill douglas film on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Three comrades original theatrical trailer youtube. Based on a novel by erich maria remarque, three comrades represented one of the few successful screenwriting efforts of f.
A threehour long, lowbudget film about the tolpuddle martyrs that. Its a drama and romance movie with a very high rotten tomatoes critics score of 100%. Drei kameraden is a novel first published in 1936 by the german author erich maria remarque. Most other actors would have welcomed the highprofile picture, but taylor actually tried to get out of it. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from the comrads at the discogs marketplace. Adapted for the stage from the novel by erich maria remarque, critically acclaimed author of all quiet on the western front, three comrades portrays the greatness of. And through all thats to come, the men know they will remain three comrades. It is written in first person by the main character robert lohkamp, whose somewhat disillusioned outlook on life is due to his horrifying experiences in the trenches of the first world wars frenchgerman front. Melodrama virtuoso frank borzage seventh heaven directs.
Three comrades is a movie about friendship and love in a difficult time after ww1. This lyrical adaptation of erich maria remarques novel is one of f. I fell in love with margaret sullavan and frank borzages films all at once. Three comrades 1938 06031938 us drama, romance 1h 38m user score. First published as a novel in 1937, three comrades was written by erich maria remarque, the german novelist best known. Moscows sovremennik came to the west end for a very special season at londons piccadilly theatre, which included an adaptation of erich maria remarque incredible novel three comrades which had a limited run between 3rd may 2017 and 6th may 2017. Three comrades is a novel first published in 1936 by the german author erich maria remarque. Three comrades 1938 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The close friendship of three german soldiers is strengthened by their shared love for the same woman, who is dying of tuberculosis. And as patricia, sullavan remains the films luminous soul, its cherished fourth comrade. Breuer introduces them to his mistress, patricia margaret sullavan. Mankiewicz and director frank borzage, as the trailer boasts, hollywoods no.
Winner sutherland trophy british film institute awards. Based on a novel by erich maria remarque, three comrades represented one of the few. A film i discovered on tv in 1976 that haunted me ever since. Its one of the few films where fitzgerald received a screenplay credit, but a lot of his published script was rewritten by mankiewicz, the films. It definitely has that trademark fitzgerald in a lot of the dialogue.
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