Movie Description
The Road Back
(1937)Overview
At the end of the Great War, German soldiers return home to find the social fabric and civil order disintegrating as communist gangs roam the streets, and food and jobs become scarce. Riots and massacres lead the erstwhile average men to become cynical and desperate.
Featured Crew
- Director : James Whale
- Producer : Edmund Grainger
- Editor : Ted J. Kent,Charles Maynard
- Cast : John 'Dusty' King,Richard Cromwell,Slim Summerville,Andy Devine,Barbara Read,Louise Fazenda,Noah Beery Jr.,Maurice Murphy,John Emery,Etienne Girardot,Lionel Atwill,Henry Hunter,Larry J. Blake,Gene Garrick,Marilyn Harris,Jean Rouverol,Spring Byington,Frank Reicher,Arthur Hohl,William B. Davidson,Al Shean,Edwin Maxwell,Clara Blandick,Samuel S. Hinds,Robert Warwick
Cast
Ernst
Ludwig
Tjaden
Willy
Lucy
Angelina
Wessling
Albert
Captain Von Hagen
Mayor
Prosecutor
Bethke
Weil (as Larry Blake)
Giesicke
Maria - Ernst's Sister
Elsa
Ernst's Mother
Ernst's Father
Heinrich
Bartscher
Markheim
Principal
Willy's Mother
Defense Attorney
Judge
Posters
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Facts
Original TitleThe Road Back
Status Released
Release Information
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1937-06-01
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 40m
Production CompaniesUniversal Pictures
Genres
- Drama
- War
- History
