Four Sons (1940 film) explained

Four Sons
Director:Archie Mayo
Producer:Darryl F. Zanuck
Starring:Don Ameche
Eugenie Leontovich
Cinematography:Leon Shamroy
Studio:Twentieth Century-Fox
Distributor:Twentieth Century-Fox
Runtime:89 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

Four Sons is a 1940 war film directed by Archie Mayo.[1] It stars Don Ameche and Eugenie Leontovich.[2] It is a remake of the 1928 film of the same name.[3]

The film follows the lives of four Czecho-German brothers following the German occupation of Czechoslovakia. Two of them choose to serve Nazi Germany, another chooses to fight in support of the Czech lands, and the fourth emigrates to the United States.

Plot

When the Germans invade Czechoslovakia in 1939, the four sons of a Czecho-German family follow different paths: Czech patriot, Nazi supporter, artist in America, and heroic German soldier.

Cast

Notes and References

  1. Web site: AFI-Catalog. catalog.afi.com.
  2. Web site: Four Sons (1940). https://web.archive.org/web/20160311175102/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6aa8c9da. dead. March 11, 2016. BFI.
  3. Web site: Four Sons (1940) - Archie Mayo - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related. AllMovie.