"Big as the Heart of Humanity!" 13 February 1928 Drama, War 96 mins
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.
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Margaret Mann as Mother Bernle
James Hall as Joseph - Her son
Charles Morton as Johann - Her Son
Francis X. Bushman Jr. as Franz - Her Son
George Meeker as Andreas - Her Son
June Collyer as Annabelle
Earle Foxe as Major von Stomm
Albert Gran as The Postman
Frank Reicher as The Schoolmaster
Archduke Leopold of Austria as A Captain
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink as A Staff Sergeant
Jack Pennick as The Iceman
I.A.R. Wylie Story
John Ford Director
Carli Elinor Music
John Ford Producer
Kathleen Kay Costume Design
Edward O'Fearna Assistant Director
Herman Bing Writer
Margaret Clancey Editor
Philip Klein Adaptation
John Wayne Property Master
R.L. Hough Assistant Director
Erno Rapee Music
Charles G. Clarke Director of Photography
Sweden 03 September 1928
United States 13 February 1928
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