The Fountain (1934)
Directed by John Cromwell
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
In this wartime drama, set during WW I, the adoring wife of a German officer soon finds herself falling for a handsome British soldier while her husband is off to fight the war. Her husband returns. Not only has he inhaled poison gas, he has also lost an arm. His guilt-ridden wife tries to help him, but she cannot prevent him from discovering her infidelity. The gallant, dying man understands and forgives her. He tells her that he is happy that she has found a worthy replacement.
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Britain, conflict, death, enemy, extramarital-affair, front-line, Germany, handsome, home, husband, love, officer, poison, poison-gas, return, romance, suffering, sweetheart, understanding, veteran [military], war, wife, wound [injury]
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