Dodsworth

"Here is a picture that was marked for greatness before it was ever screened!"

Sep 23 1936 Approved 1h 41m
Drama, Romance

A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.

Plot

A bittersweet tale of the increasing estrangement of a retired automobile tycoon and his wife. Increasingly obsessed with maintaining an appearance of youth, she falls in with a crowd of frivolous socialites during their "second honeymoon" European vacation. He, in turn, meets a woman who is everything she is not: self-assured, self-confident, and able to take care of herself.

Written by

Sinclair Lewis, Sidney Howard, Robert Wyler

Directed by

William Wyler

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Samuel Goldwyn Productions, United Artists

Languages

Deutsch, Français, Italiano, English

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 9 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
10,577
Average Rating
7.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA