The Man I Married (1940)

Set in 1938, an American citizen (Joan Bennett) married to a German (Francis Lederer) accompanies him on a business trip to Germany. She is disturbed by the rise and cruelty of the Third Reich but much worse, to her growing horror she realizes her husband is a Nazi sympathizer! Based on a short story by Oscar Schisgall and directed by Irving Pichel (DESTINATION MOON). Released the year before America entered the war, this was one of the first Hollywood movies to document the atrocities of the Nazi regime. Perhaps Bennett's character as written is too naive as she almost has to be hit over the head before she realizes what's going on. But that's the fault of the script, not the actress as Bennett is very good. Yes, a war "propaganda" film (even though we weren't in the war yet) posing as a melodrama but overall a superior one. With Lloyd Nolan, Anna Sten, Otto Kruger and Maria Ouspenskaya.