The Man I Married (1940)
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This cautionary pre-World War II drama stars Joan Bennett as an American girl who falls in love and marries a German (Francis Lederer) in 1938. At first he seems charming, but Joan discovers that her husband is slowly being seduced by the Nazi Party. Determined to leave, Bennett is forced to battle Lederer for custody of their child, whom the husband plans to raise as a budding Fascist. The Nazi is foiled by his father(Otto Kruger), who crushes Lederer's "iron will" by informing his son that his own mother was Jewish. At 77 minutes, The Man I Married cuts out all slack, and the result is a taut, exciting melodrama. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Joan Bennett, Francis Lederer, (more)
- Director(s):
- Irving Pichel
Synopsis of The Man I Married
This cautionary pre-World War II drama stars Joan Bennett as an American girl who falls in love and marries a German (Francis Lederer) in 1938. At first he seems charming, but Joan discovers that her husband is slowly being seduced by the Nazi Party. Determined to leave, Bennett is forced to battle Lederer for custody of their child, whom the husband plans to raise as a budding Fascist. The Nazi is foiled by his father(Otto Kruger), who crushes Lederer's "iron will" by informing his son that his own mother was Jewish. At 77 minutes, The Man I Married cuts out all slack, and the result is a taut, exciting melodrama. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Man I Married
- Joan Bennett - Carol Hoffman
- Lloyd Nolan - Kenneth Delane
- Otto Kruger - Henrich Hoffman
- Ludwig Stossel - Dr. Hugo Gerhardt
- Lionel Royce - Herr Deckart
- Ernst Deutsch - Otto
- Will Kaufman - Conductor
- Rudolph Anders - Storm Trooper
- Arno Frey
- Walter Bonn - Customs Official
- William Yetter, Jr. - Gestapo Officer
- Eleanor Wesselhoeft - Old Lady
- Hans Schumm
- Greta Meyer - Hausfrau
- John Hiestand
- Glen Cavender - Petty Official
- Francis Lederer - Eric Hoffman
- Anna Sten - Freda Heinkel
- Maria Ouspenskaya - Frau Gerhardt
- Johnny Russell - Ricky
- Fredrik Vogeding - Traveler
- Egon Brecher - Czech
- Frank Reicher - Freihof
- Eugene Borden - Announcer
- Leyland Hodgson
- John Stark
- Lillian West - Secretary
- Hans Von Morhart
- Lillian Porter - Receptionist
- Charles Irwin - English Newspaperman
- Diane Fisher - Young Girl
- Harry Depp - Man
- Director(s):
- Irving Pichel
- Writer(s):
- Oliver H.P. Garrett
- Producer(s):
- Darryl F. Zanuck
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