

The Man Without a Country
This short film tells the story of a disgraced U.S. army officer who is charged with treason. At his court martial he is sentenced to lifetime exile aboard American ships at sea, no crew member can mention anything about the United States within his hearing, and in the books he is allowed to read all references to the United States are removed.
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- Language
- English
- patriotism
- exile
- treason
- banishment
- court martial
- living in exile
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- Theatrical27 Nov 1937
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The Man Without a Country was released on 27 November 1937.
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CinemaSerf
6/30/2025
Despite the fact that this starts with “God Save the King” playing under the titles, it’s not actually the Brits whom “Lt. Nolan” (John Litel) is planning on defecting to when he is arrested by the US Army. He’s quite a strong-willed and belligerent gent, though, so rather than just play it cool and keep his head down, he loses the plot at his court martial and ends up being sentenced to something uniquely cruel. He …
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