Movie Description
Edge of Darkness
(1943)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Lewis Milestone
- Producer : Henry Blanke
- Editor : David Weisbart
- Cast : Errol Flynn,Ann Sheridan,Walter Huston,Helmut Dantine,Ruth Gordon,Judith Anderson,Roman Bohnen,Monte Blue,Virginia Christine,Morris Carnovsky,Charles Dingle,Richard Fraser,Art Smith,Nancy Coleman,John Beal,Frank Wilcox,Henry Brandon,Tom Fadden,Francis Pierlot,Kurt Katch,Tonio Selwart,Louis V. Arco,Nora Bush,Glen Cavender,Albert Cavens,Noble 'Kid' Chissell,Tom Coleman,Victor Cox,William Edmunds,Frederick Giermann,Kit Guard,Al Haskell,Kenner G. Kemp,Kurt Kreuger,Ann Kunde,Walt La Rue,Rolf Lindau,Dudley Field Malone,Torben Meyer,Peter Michael,Robert Milasch,Ernesto Molinari,Harry 'Snub' Pollard,John Rice,Henry Rowland,John Roy,Allen D. Sewall,Carl Sklover,Cap Somers,Ray Spiker,William Sundholm,Helene Thimig,Dorothy Tree,Peter van Eyck,Roland Varno,Hans Heinrich von Twardowski,Lottie Williams,William Yetter Sr.,Jack Young,Paul Kruger,George Magrill,Robert R. Stephenson
Cast
Gunnar Brogge
Karen Stensgard
Dr. Martin Stensgard
Captain Koenig
Anna Stensgard
Gerd Bjarnesen
Lars Malken
Jens Petersen
Hulda (Stensgard maid)
Sixtus Andresen
Kaspar Torgerson
Pastor Aalesen
Knut Osterholm
Katja, Koenig's woman
Johann Stensgard
Jensen, the shoemaker
Major Ruck
Hammer
Mortensen, the tailor
German Landing Party Captain
German Corporal Paul
German Lieutenant (uncredited)
Townswoman (uncredited)
Cannery Worker (uncredited)
Soldier (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)
Elderly Sailor (uncredited)
German Pilot (uncredited)
Townsman in Church (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)
Soldier (uncredited)
German Co-Pilot (uncredited)
Townswoman (uncredited)
Village Patriot (uncredited)
German Lieutenant (uncredited)
Winston Churchcill (voice) (uncredited)
Cannery Clerk (uncredited)
German Soldier (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)
Soldier (uncredited)
Townsman in Church (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)
Helmut (uncredited)
Soldier (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)
Soldier (uncredited)
Soldier (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)
Mrs. Frida Malken (uncredited)
Solveig Brategaard (uncredited)
German Soldier (uncredited)
German Lieutenant (uncredited)
German Co-Pilot (uncredited)
Mrs. Mortensen (uncredited)
German Officer (uncredited)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (voice) (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleEdge of Darkness
Status Released
Release Information
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1943-04-09
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 59m
Budget₹ 1653000
Revenue₹ 3669000
Production CompaniesWarner Bros. Pictures
Genres
- Drama
- War