Who Was The David Farrelly / Brother Character?
In the IMDB synopsis it says:
A German-born engineer, his American wife and their children travel from Mexico to the United States to visit his brother but their plans are complicated by a Romanian count.
That is Paul as Kurt, Bette as Sara, (skip the children), George as Teck the count based on that synopsis.
Later we learn that Fanny Farrelly is Sara's mother and I guess David Farrelly is Sara's brother. But I don't remember anyone saying it. But Fanny's house guest Geraldine as Marthe who is married to Teck the count, seems to have a major interest in David. They are shown together socializing but not overtly romantic.
But who is Kurt's brother they are coming to see as stated in the synopsis? Is it the Max who was captured as read aloud by the count from the newspaper?
Kurt is really someone else and the count has him pegged by his and wife and kids description. Earlier the count said he thought Kurt was really Max when he read from the paper. Then Kurt kills him for knowing his true identity and the black mail attempt not to snitch him out.
I did not find any more information on David in the reviews section either so I guess he is just more character fodder or may be considered part of a sub plot for the Marthe character.
Thanks to other posters who explained the title metaphor via the German song title "Die Wacht am Rhine". I had expected some kind of spy scenes from some where on the river but it never happened. I rated it a 7/10 with points taken off for the character obfuscation.
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