MOVIE · 1943
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DramaThriller114 min
On the eve of World War II, Kurt Müller returns from Europe to his wife’s family home near Washington, D.C., hoping for a brief refuge with Sara and their children. Paul Lukas is Kurt, a German anti-Nazi operative keeping his work hidden, while Bette Davis’s Sara has spent years abroad and now has to navigate the comforts of her wealthy American family. The household turns dangerous when a visiting Romanian count learns who Kurt is and tries to use that knowledge against him, bringing European politics and personal risk straight into the drawing room.
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