Four Sons

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Overview

A family saga in which three of a Bavarian widow's sons go to war for Germany and the fourth goes to America, Germany's eventual opponent. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with L'Imaginne Ritrovato and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 1999.

Cast: Margaret Mann, James Hall, Charles Morton, Francis X. Bushman Jr., George Meeker, more

Director: John Ford

Genres: War, Drama

Cast

Margaret Mann

Mother Bernle

James Hall

Joseph - Her son

Charles Morton

Johann - Her Son

Francis X. Bushman Jr.

Franz - Her Son

George Meeker

Andreas - Her Son

June Collyer

Annabelle

Earle Foxe

Major von Stomm

Albert Gran

The Postman

Frank Reicher

The Schoolmaster

No Image

Archduke Leopold of Austria

A Captain

Ferdinand Schumann-Heink

A Staff Sergeant

Jack Pennick

The Iceman

John Wayne

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