Three Comrades (film)

Three Comrades is a 1938 drama film directed by Frank Borzage and produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz for MGM. The screenplay is by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Edward E. Paramore Jr., and was adapted from the novel Three Comrades by Erich Maria Remarque. It tells the story of the friendship of three young German soldiers following World War I and the early stages of the rise of Nazism.

Contents

• Three comrades original theatrical trailer
• Cast
• Reception
• References

The film stars Robert Taylor, Margaret Sullavan, Franchot Tone and Robert Young. Sullavan was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Cast

Robert Taylor as Erich Lohkamp

Margaret Sullavan as Patricia Hollmann

Franchot Tone as Otto Koster

Robert Young as Gottfried Lenz

Guy Kibbee as Alfons

Lionel Atwill as Franz Breuer

Henry Hull as Dr. Heinrich Becker

Charley Grapewin as Local Doctor

Monty Woolley as Dr. Jaffe

Reception

According to MGM records, the film earned $1,193,000 in the United States and Canada and $850,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $472,000.

The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:

2002: AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions – Nominated