Adam Had Four Sons

About this film, Ingrid Bergman said "It wasn't a very good picture. But as long as a part makes sense, and the character is a human being, I will try because I can't do artificial people on the screen. Nothing done with such a character can make it real to audiences." With Ratoff's permission, Bergman introduced changes to her character that turned Emilie from a cardboard saint to a humanized woman, such as adding the scenes in which she did gymnastics and played basketball with the boys. Bergman would humanize her Sister Benedict in The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) with some similar athletic character development.

Emilie returns to the U.S.A from France on a British cruise ship during WWI. Due to the danger posed by German U-boats, especially after the sinking of the Lusitania, cruise ships passages in the Atlantic were ceased until the war's end.

The movie begins when a photograph in the opening credits comes to life.

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