Three Comrades 1938 is a drama film directed by Frank Borzage and produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz for MGM. The screenplay is by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Edward E. Paramore Jr., and was adapted from the novel Three Comrades by Erich Maria Remarque [also thought the loose basis for The Deer Hunter, 1978], the music score is by Franz Waxman, and the cinematography by Joseph Ruttenberg.
The film stars Robert Taylor, Margaret Sullavan, Franchot Tone, Robert Young, Guy Kibbee, Lionel Atwill and Monty Woolley. It tells the story of the friendship of three young German soldiers following World War I. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress (Margaret Sullavan).
A love story centered around the lives of three young German soldiers in the years following World War I. Their close friendship is strengthened by their shared love for the same woman who is dying of tuberculosis. Written by Herman Seifer
