Heartbreak

Heartbreak (also known as Love and War) is a 1931 American pre-Code war drama film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Charles Farrell, Madge Evans and Paul Cavanagh. Plot In the years before the United States' involvement in World War I, John Merrick and Jerry Somers, attachés to the American embassy in Vienna, attend an elaborate fundraiser at the aristocratic Walden home, where John meets the countess Vilma Walden and romance blooms. Vilma's twin brother, combat veteran Count Carl Walden, along with Vilma and Carl's father, asks John when Americans will fight against Austria. Kapitan Wolke, a family friend, emerges as a rival for the affections of Vilma. A heated confrontation takes place between John and Wolke. When the United States goes to war, John requests a post at the Italian front where Carl is stationed. John returns to the Walden home and breaks the news to Vilma, who promises to return to the pool by the house each day until John's reflection appears beside her own.