“Often overlooked amongst director Ernst Lubitschs comedies and musicals, Broken Lullaby is a riveting and brilliant romantic drama from the pre-Code era, starring Lionel Barrymore (Its a Wonderful Life), Nancy Carroll (The Kiss Before the Mirror), and Phillips Holmes (The Criminal Code).

Musician Paul Renard is haunted by the memory of Walter, a German soldier he killed during the First World War. He travels to Walters home town, and, passing himself off as a friend of the deceased, is taken in by his grieving family. But when he finds himself falling in love with Elsa, Walters fiance, he becomes worried that the truth will emerge.

With a screenplay by regular Lubitsch collaborator Samson Raphaelson (The Shop Around the Corner, Heaven Can Wait), Broken Lullaby was rapturously received by critics at the time, with one describing it as the most unusual and dramatic situation the screen has presented.”

Extras “INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

2K restoration

Original mono audio

Audio commentary with author and film historian Joseph McBride (2021)

The Films of Ernst Lubitsch (2001): archival audio recording of a presentation by Scott Eyman, author of Ernst Lubitsch: Laughter in Paradise, presented as part the British Film Institutes 2001 Lubitsch retrospective at the National Film Theatre, London

The Men I Killed (2023): video essay on Broken Lullaby and Franois Ozons 2016 film Frantz, comparing their different cinematic approaches to adapting Maurice Rostands 1930 play, LHomme que jai tu, and its 1931 English-language translation, The Man I Killed, by Reginald Berkeley

Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials

New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Christina Newland, archival profiles of director Ernst Lubtisch, star Lionel Barrymore and screenwriter Samuel Raphaelson, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and full film credits

UK premiere on Blu-ray

Limited edition of 3,000 copies

All extras subject to change”