German boy Emil comes to live with his American uncle who tries to teach the former Hitler Youth to reject Nazism.German boy Emil comes to live with his American uncle who tries to teach the former Hitler Youth to reject Nazism.German boy Emil comes to live with his American uncle who tries to teach the former Hitler Youth to reject Nazism.
Skip Homeier
- Emil Bruckner
- (as Skippy Homeier)
Steve Brown
- Ray - Boy Scout
- (as Boots Brown)
Freddie Chapman
- Undetermined Role
- (unconfirmed)
- (uncredited)
Marvin Davis
- Dennis Butler
- (uncredited)
Tom Fadden
- Mr. Clyde - Mailman
- (uncredited)
Ralph Lee
- Undetermined Role
- (unconfirmed)
- (uncredited)
Mary MacLaren
- Woman on Sidewalk
- (uncredited)
Frances Norris
- Undetermined Role
- (unconfirmed)
- (uncredited)
Patsy Anne Thompson
- Millie
- (uncredited)
Ruth Warren
- Undetermined Role
- (unconfirmed)
- (uncredited)
Sonny Boy Williams
- Undetermined Role
- (unconfirmed)
- (uncredited)
Rudy Wissler
- Stan Dumbrowski - Paperboy
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 14 April 1943 and closed 17 June 1944 after 500 performances. The opening night cast included Skip Homeier as Emil and Edit Angold as Frieda (each of whom later reprised their stage roles for the film), Ralph Bellamy as Mike Frame, Shirley Booth as Leona Richards and Kathryn Givney as Jessie Frame. Producer Lester Cowan bought the rights to the play for $75,000 plus 25% of the gross, not to exceed $350,000. He wanted to change the title of the movie to "The Intruder," but a poll of exhibitors voted him down.
- GoofsWhen Emil appears in his Nazi uniform, the shirt and pants are those of the Hitler Youth (which is appropriate for someone his age). However, the armband is not that of the Hitler Youth (alternating red and white bands with a swastika inside a white diamond), but that of a regular party member (solid red background with a swastika in a white circle). He would not have been eligible for full party membership - and the party armband - until his 18th birthday.
- Quotes
Mike Frame: Jesse, you're my sister and I adore you; but, have you ever given five minutes thought to what's going on in the world?
- ConnectionsFeatured in Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004)
Featured review
An obviously cheaply-made film version of the long-running Broadway hit that that was one of several films made during the War addressing the vexed question of just what was to be done with the Germans once the War was over.
It preserves for posterity the young 'Skippy' Homeier's extraordinary performance as Emil Bruckner, a feral eleven year-old Hitler Youth who just turns up in a small town in wartime America without attracting any attention on the part of the authorities. There is also a memorable performance by Joan Carroll as the host family's perky young daughter, but it's strange to see an actor of Fredric March's stature taking such a back seat to the proceedings as her father. Although we're told that the still young and glamorous Betty Field - who is both a teacher at the local school and March's fiancée - is Jewish, this element isn't developed and the fact that she's supposed to be Jewish is seldom referred to - even by Emil.
Recalling Frank Borzage's 'No Greater Glory' (1934) and anticipating 'Frieda' (1947) and 'The Bad Seed' (1956), parts are quite amusing - possibly intentionally - others extremely shocking; and the writers plainly didn't know how to end the thing. (An interesting version could be made today with the young kid a Middle Eastern refugee...)
It preserves for posterity the young 'Skippy' Homeier's extraordinary performance as Emil Bruckner, a feral eleven year-old Hitler Youth who just turns up in a small town in wartime America without attracting any attention on the part of the authorities. There is also a memorable performance by Joan Carroll as the host family's perky young daughter, but it's strange to see an actor of Fredric March's stature taking such a back seat to the proceedings as her father. Although we're told that the still young and glamorous Betty Field - who is both a teacher at the local school and March's fiancée - is Jewish, this element isn't developed and the fact that she's supposed to be Jewish is seldom referred to - even by Emil.
Recalling Frank Borzage's 'No Greater Glory' (1934) and anticipating 'Frieda' (1947) and 'The Bad Seed' (1956), parts are quite amusing - possibly intentionally - others extremely shocking; and the writers plainly didn't know how to end the thing. (An interesting version could be made today with the young kid a Middle Eastern refugee...)
- richardchatten
- May 25, 2019
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- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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