]Based upon the controversial, published, semi-fictional 1935 novel of the same name by Humphrey Cobb, this anti-war film emphasizes the wide, hierarchical gap between those who take orders and fight the wars in muddy trenches, and those that give the orders and are isolated from the real ravages of war...who sang those sad songs.Mommer: I liked pest...der yodlers!Mac: I liked best...the fellow who played ""Nearer My God to Thee""...on he beer bottles.Owgooste twists and turns on his legs, impatiently complaining in Mommer""s ear.She replies: "Pehave!" "And afterwards, there was to be ""something to eat"" at Mac""s dental parlors." With packages in their arms, everyone climbs the stairs to Mac""s place - they react to the commotion upstairs.In the darkness of midnight under a gigantic full moon which reflects on the water and shines through the haze, the dazed, guilt-ridden but bewitched husband is in sexual thrall to the passionate city woman..."Unlike many of their other features, there are no romantic subplots (with Zeppo) and no musical interludes that stop the film""s momentum - no harp solos for Harpo and no piano solos for Chico.