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Edge of Darkness (1943)
Directed by Lewis Milestone
“Resistance fighters battle the Nazis in occupied Norway”
Drama, War · 1h 59m
The film pivots around the local Norwegian doctor and his family. The doctor's wife (Ruth Gordon) wants to hold on to the pretence of gracious living and ignore their German occupiers. The doctor, Martin Stensgard (Walter Huston), would also prefer to stay neutral, but is torn. His brother-in-law, the wealthy owner of the local fish cannery, collaborates with the Nazis. The doctor's daughter, Karen (Ann Sheridan), is involved with the resistance and with its leader Gunnar Brogge (Errol Flynn). The doctor's son has just returned to town, having been sent down from the university, and is soon influenced by his Nazi-sympathizer uncle. Captain Koenig (Helmut Dantine), the young German commandant of the occupying garrison, whose fanatic determination to do everything by the book and spoutings about the invincibility of the Reich hides a growing fear of a local uprising.
Cast
Errol Flynn
Gunnar Brogge
Ann Sheridan
Karen Stensgard
Walter Huston
Dr. Martin Stensgard
Helmut Dantine
Captain Koenig
Ruth Gordon
Anna Stensgard
Judith Anderson
Gerd Bjarnesen
Roman Bohnen
Lars Malken
Monte Blue
Jens Petersen
Virginia Christine
Hulda (Stensgard maid)
Morris Carnovsky
Sixtus Andresen
Charles Dingle
Kaspar Torgerson
Richard Fraser
Pastor Aalesen
Crew
- Director
- Lewis Milestone
- Screenplay
- Robert Rossen
- Novel
- William Woods
- Director of Photography
- Sidney Hickox
- Original Music Composer
- Franz Waxman
- Editor
- David Weisbart
- Producer
- Henry Blanke
Details
- Release date
- 1943-04-09
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget
- $1,653,000
- Box office
- $3,669,000