Edge of Darkness (1943)

Edge of Darkness (1943)

Resistance fighters battle the Nazis in occupied Norway 1943-04-09 United States of America 119 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

Errol Flynn is Gunnar Brogge
Gunnar Brogge
Ann Sheridan is Karen Stensgard
Karen Stensgard
Walter Huston is Dr. Martin Stensgard
Dr. Martin Stensgard
Helmut Dantine is Captain Koenig
Captain Koenig
Ruth Gordon is Anna Stensgard
Anna Stensgard
Judith Anderson is Gerd Bjarnesen
Gerd Bjarnesen
Roman Bohnen is Lars Malken
Lars Malken
Monte Blue is Jens Petersen
Jens Petersen
Virginia Christine is Hulda (Stensgard maid)
Hulda (Stensgard maid)
Morris Carnovsky is Sixtus Andresen
Sixtus Andresen
Charles Dingle is Kaspar Torgerson
Kaspar Torgerson
Richard Fraser is Pastor Aalesen
Pastor Aalesen