Crimson Romance (1934)
By John Bright who wrote "Public Enemy", "Union Depot", "The Crowd Roars", and collaborated on "She Done Him Wrong"
After Fred von Bergen, a German immigrant in America, is forced from his job by anti-German hysteria before the first world war, he and his friend Bob Wilson leave America and join the German air force. There, both men fall in love with ambulance driver Alida Hoffman. When America enters the war, Bob is caught between loyalty to his home country and the threat of execution for desertion and treason to Germany. It remains for his friend Fred to extricate him from the dilemma - but at what cost?
- Date of release
- 1934-10-12
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
- Genres
- War, Action, Drama
- Director
- David Howard
Casting
- Ben Lyon — Bob Wilson
- Sari Maritza — Alida Hoffman
- Erich von Stroheim — Capt. Wolters
- Hardie Albright — Hugo
- James Bush — Fred von Bergen
- William Bakewell — Adolph
- Herman Bing — Himmelbaum
- Bodil Rosing — Mama von Bergen
- Vince Barnett — The Courier
- Arthur Clayton — Baron von Eisenlohr
- Frederick Vogeding — German Colonel
- Oscar Apfel — John Fleming
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