Broken Lullaby
Broken Lullaby is a 1932 American PreCode drama film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and released by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay by Samson Raphaelson and Ernest Vajda is based on the 1930 play Lhomme que jai tu by Maurice Rostand and its 1931 Englishlanguage adaptation, The Man I Killed, by Reginald Berkeley.
As antiFrench sentiment continues to permeate Germany, Dr. Holderlin Lionel Barrymore initially refuses to welcome Paul into his home, but changes his mind when his sons fiance Elsa identifies him as the man who has been leaving flowers on Walters grave. Rather than reveal the real connection between them, Paul tells the Holderlin family he was a friend of their son, who attended the same musical conservatory he did.Although the hostile townspeople and local gossips disapprove, the Holderlins befriend Paul, who finds himself falling in love with Elsa Nancy Carroll. When she shows Paul her former fiancs bedroom, he becomes distraught and tells her the truth. She convinces him not to confess to Walters parents, who have embraced him as their second son, and Paul agrees to forego easing his conscience and stays with his adopted family. Dr. Holderlin presents Walters violin to Paul, who plays it while Elsa accompanies him on the piano. ........
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