In this witty, well-written, and fast-moving drama, director Josef von Baky and scripter Fritz Kortner have fashioned a cutting statement on the nature of prejudice and ethnicity. A professor who emigrated from Nazi Germany to teach in Los Angeles comes back to Germany ten years later, intending to continue his career. He also needs to find out what happened to his ex-wife and son, the biggest motivation for his decision to return. He does find his ex-wife and they are happily reunited but exactly where his son may be is another question entirely. Meanwhile, a professor who stayed through the Nazi period in Germany is resentful of the repatriated "American" German, creating one of several problems that take their toll on the returned exile.
by Eleanor Mannikka
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