Four Sons
Big as the Heart of Humanity!
A poignant family drama centered on a Bavarian widow's heartbreak as her sons are divided by war and national allegiance, exploring the human cost of global conflict.
A family saga in which three of a Bavarian widow's sons go to war for Germany and the fourth goes to America, Germany's eventual opponent. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with L'Imaginne Ritrovato and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 1999.
Essence
Ensemble
Margaret Mann
Mother Bernle
James Hall
Joseph - Her son
Charles Morton
Johann - Her Son
Francis X. Bushman Jr.
Franz - Her Son
George Meeker
Andreas - Her Son
June Collyer
Annabelle
Earle Foxe
Major von Stomm
Albert Gran
The Postman
Frank Reicher
The Schoolmaster
Archduke Leopold of Austria
A Captain
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
A Staff Sergeant
Jack Pennick
The Iceman
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