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| | Anti-Fascism in Soft Focus? |
 | | Far from being geographically unspecific, Three Comrades features a Germany not unlike Little Man: a land of picturesque towns, attractive scenery, drink, song, and good fellowship, whose very social fabric is threatened by economic hardship and escalating political violence. |
 | | It is thus rather surprising that Borzage directed three of the most important Depression-era Hollywood explorations of life in interwar Germany: Little Man, What Now (1934), Three Comrades (1938), and The Mortal Storm (1940). |
 | | The three title characters represent three possible reactions to post-war disillusionment: Gottfried (Robert Young) is a political idealist and activist; Otto (Franchot Tone) tries to succeed in business as an auto repairman, though his true love is his sportscar, Baby; and Erich (Robert Taylor) is an aimless romantic. |
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