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Three Comrades

Play trailer Poster for Three Comrades 1938,  1h 38m,  Romance Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 100% 9 Reviews Tomatometer 65% 250+ Ratings Popcornmeter
100% Tomatometer 9 Reviews 65% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
Returning home from World War I, three German soldiers start an auto repair service. A car they assemble from a scrap heap wins the admiration of wealthy Breuer (Lionel Atwill) after they beat him in an informal highway race. Breuer introduces them to his mistress, Patricia (Margaret Sullavan). Erich (Robert Taylor) wins her heart, but all three men bond over their affection for her as Patricia's health falls apart, and Germany falls into economic and political chaos.

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Dan Callahan Slant Magazine Jul 26, 2006
3/4
Sullavan won the New York Film Critic's prize for her role here, and it was deserved: if Ernst Lubitsch's The Shop Around the Corner stands as her best movie, then this is certainly her best performance. Go to Full Review
Nick Rogers Midwest Film Journal Jul 5, 2025
3.5/5
Bookended by an awesome practical explosion and an expression of freedom that comes at heavy cost, "Three Comrades" soars on the idea of letting something die with spectacular meaning rather than cruel, casual disassembly. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Jun 15, 2025
2.5/4
A good story without much bite. Go to Full Review
Ann Ross Maclean's Magazine Jul 22, 2019
Three Comrades is finely written, produced and acted, but is so filled with desolation and the shadow of impoverishment and death, that movie-goers may find it rather bitter fare as entertainment. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Aug 2, 2014
B
A crowd-pleasing tearjerker. Go to Full Review
Fernando F. Croce CinePassion Oct 6, 2013
A vision of romance forever on the verge of disintegration Go to Full Review
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Anakin R Sep 10, 2017 Unusual movie , well done, give it a try. Excellent performances...
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Frank Borzage

Director

Robert Taylor

Erich Lohkamp

Margaret Sullavan

Patricia Hollmann

Franchot Tone

Otto Koster

Robert Young

Gottfried Lenz

Guy Kibbee

Alfons

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Three Comrades

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Movie Info

Synopsis Returning home from World War I, three German soldiers start an auto repair service. A car they assemble from a scrap heap wins the admiration of wealthy Breuer (Lionel Atwill) after they beat him in an informal highway race. Breuer introduces them to his mistress, Patricia (Margaret Sullavan). Erich (Robert Taylor) wins her heart, but all three men bond over their affection for her as Patricia's health falls apart, and Germany falls into economic and political chaos.
Director
Frank Borzage
Producer
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Screenwriter
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edward E. Paramore Jr.
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre
Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 3, 1938, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 22, 2009
Runtime
1h 38m
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