1940 1h 40m Frank Borzage

The Mortal Storm

Name: The Mortal Storm
Genre: Drama
Released: 1940
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Robert Young, Frank Morgan

★ 7.7 IMDb

Drama

The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. After the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Breitner, a family friend, is caught up in the turmoil.

Writers Claudine West, George Froeschel, Hans Rameau

Cast Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Robert Young, Frank Morgan

DP William H. Daniels

Production Designer Cedric Gibbons

Music Bronisław Kaper

Essays and Criticism

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The Mortal Storm: 1940 and After by Michael J. Anderson, Senses of Cinema

On Frank Borzage

Little Man, What Now? by Nick Pinkerton, Reverse Shot

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