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Pre-Code Hollywood at its naughtiest: a POW romance that definitely wouldn't happen in 1934.
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Surrender (1931)

forbidden romancetense standoffspre-Code chaos

Overview

DramaRomance

Story of French prisoner in Germany who falls in love with a German general's daughter. From the novel "Axelle" by Pierre Benoit.

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Content warning
pre-codeprisoner of war

Standout Aspects

Acting

Warner Baxter smolders; Leila Hyams is arch and knowing.

Costume

Military glam that makes POW camps weirdly chic.

Best for:Solo: Pre-Code deep dive when you want 1930s scandal without crowds.·Rewatch: Spotting what the Hays Code would have murdered.
William K. Howard

Director

William K. Howard

ReleasedDec 6, 1931
Runtime1h 9m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady
Intensitymedium
Tonemixed
Feelmedium
Fox Film Corporation

Top Cast

Warner Baxter

Warner Baxter

Sergeant Dumaine

Leila Hyams

Leila Hyams

Axelle von Meirbach

Ralph Bellamy

Ralph Bellamy

Captain Ebbing

C. Aubrey Smith

C. Aubrey Smith

Count Reichendorf

Alexander Kirkland

Alexander Kirkland

Major Dietrich Reichendorf

William Pawley

William Pawley

Gourrut

Howard Phillips

Howard Phillips

Claverie

George Beranger

George Beranger

Fichet

J. Carrol Naish

J. Carrol Naish

French Prisoner of War (uncredited)

Virginia Weidler

Virginia Weidler

Little Girl (uncredited)

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Cultural

Made during the Weimar era but released as Nazism rose—its German aristocrat romance aged weirdly fast.

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