Intended as an avowed “indictment against war,” director Frank Borzage’s second adaptation of a work by Hungarian writer Ferenc Molnár broadly heralded the anti-Fascist themes of the “Weimar Trilogy” films to follow. Two rival gangs of school kids mimic the patriotic slogans and militaristic posturing of the adults around them as they war over control of a vacant lot.
Production: Columbia Pictures Corp. A Frank Borzage Production. Distribution: Columbia Pictures Corp. Producer: Frank Borzage. Director: Frank Borzage. Based on the novel The Children of Pál Street (A pal utcai fiuk) by Ferenc Molnár. Screenwriter: Jo Swerling. Cinematographer: Joseph August. Editor: Viola Lawrence. With: George Breakston, Frankie Darro, Jackie Searl, Jimmie Butler, Donald Haines. 35mm, b/w, 74 min.
