Battle Hymn Summary
Director: Douglas Sirk
Genres: Drama
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Battle Hymn was inspired by the true story of American minister Dean Hess, played here with rare sensitivity by Rock_Hudson. A bomber pilot during World War II, Hess inadvertently releases a bomb which destroys a German orphanage. Tortured by guilt, Hess relocates in Korea after the war to offer his services as a missionary. Combining the best elements of Christianity and Eastern spiritualism, Hess establishes a large home for orphans. The preacher's efforts are threatened when the Korean "police action" breaks out in 1950. Battle Hymn was one of several collaborations between Rock_Hudson and director Douglas_Sirk--though Sirk felt that Robert_Stack would have been better suited to the role of Rev. Hess. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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