Watch on the Rhine

Watch on the Rhine is a 1943 American drama film directed by Herman Shumlin and starring Bette Davis and Paul Lukas. The screenplay by Dashiell Hammett is based on the 1941 play Watch on the Rhine by Lillian Hellman. Watch on the Rhine was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and Paul Lukas won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Kurt Muller, a German-born anti-fascist in this film.

This article is about the 1943 movie. For the German World War II offensive Watch on the Rhine, see Battle of the Bulge.
For other uses, see Watch on the Rhine (disambiguation).
Watch on the Rhine
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHerman Shumlin
Screenplay byDashiell Hammett
Based onWatch on the Rhine
1941 play
by Lillian Hellman
Produced byHal B. Wallis
StarringBette Davis
Paul Lukas
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Lucile Watson
Beulah Bondi
George Coulouris
CinematographyMerritt B. Gerstad
Hal Mohr
Edited byRudi Fehr
Music by
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • August 27, 1943 (1943-08-27)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,099,000
Box office$2.5 million (US rentals) or $3,392,000
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