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Status
Released
Release
1936
Runtime
1h 26m
Austrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche) to love it too. The first goes to America and the second is born deaf-mute but gains hearing during WWI bombing.
37 Cast Members
Jean Hersholt
Christopher Freyman
Don Ameche
Karl Freyman / Mario Signarelli
Allen Jenkins
Crusty
J. Edward Bromberg
Anton Engel
Ann Shoemaker
Anna Engel
DeWitt Jennings
Twichelesko
Fritz Leiber
Father Prior
Francis Ford
Town Drunk
Christian Rub
Fritz
Adrian Rosley
Singarelli's Butler
Gene Reynolds
Karl Freyman as a Boy
Mickey Rentschler
Gabriel Freyman as a Boy
John Miltern
Mr. Hall
Paul Stanton
Minister
Edward Van Sloan
Austrian Army Doctor
Egon Brecher
Doctor
Fred Kohler Jr.
Town Bully
Maxine Reiner
Bella Twitchelesko
Ruth Robinson
Freida Freyman
Ernie Alexander
Bit Role
