Crimson Romance
movie
By John Bright who wrote "Public Enemy", "Union Depot", "The Crowd Roars", and collaborated on "She Done Him Wrong"
Released October 12, 1934
Overview
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?
Cast
Ben Lyon
as
Bob Wilson
Sari Maritza
as
Alida Hoffman
Erich von Stroheim
as
Capt. Wolters
Hardie Albright
as
Hugo
James Bush
as
Fred von Bergen
William Bakewell
as
Adolph
Herman Bing
as
Himmelbaum
Bodil Rosing
as
Mama von Bergen
Vince Barnett
as
The Courier
Arthur Clayton
as
Baron von Eisenlohr
Frederick Vogeding
as
German Colonel
Oscar Apfel
as
John Fleming