6.4
To End All Wars
2001
The Divided Heart (1954)
November 9, 19541h 29mEN
6.7
7 votes
Overview
During World War II, a German woman, Inga, goes missing and is presumed dead. Her infant son is placed in an orphanage where, years later, he's adopted by a childless couple. The adoptive parents' happiness is shattered when Inga reappears and insists on custody of her son.
Director
Charles CrichtonWriters
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
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N/A
Revenue
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Production Companies
Ealing Studios
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CinemaSerf
7.0A knock at their door one evening throws the lives of "Inga" (Cornell Borchers) and husband "Franz" (Armin Dahlen) into turmoil. It's a woman from the post war child repatriation division there to try and establish where they got there son "Toni" (Michel Ray) from. They assure her they adopted him legally but after a few rudimentary questions they inform them that his mother "Sonja" (Yvonne Mitchell) wants him to live with her. A court must decide what happens next, and for the remainder of the film we watch as both the "bread" mother and the "blood" mother must metaphorically fight it out. It…
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