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The Mortal Storm

The Mortal Storm

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Summary

Wartime drama starring Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart. Germany, 1933: Jewish professor's daughter Freya Roth attends a celebration to mark her father's 60th birthday. But the family is destined to be torn apart by the rise of Hitler's Third Reich.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Tony Sloman

This version of Phyllis Bottome's novel was daring in its time for alerting American audiences to the dangers of Nazism, though the horror is softened by the casting of resolutely all-American types as Germans and by a very Culver City Reich. Director Frank Borzage does not keep sentimentality at bay, but his drama is nevertheless moving and tragic by turns. It also reunites the marvellous Margaret Sullavan and the lanky but lovable James Stewart, who made The Shop around the Corner the same year; their playing in both pictures is American screen acting at its most exquisite. Frank Morgan (The Wizard of Oz) is genuinely touching as the father who watches his family disintegrate, and there's a chilling early cameo from later dance master Dan Dailey. A brave film from MGM, and still eminently viewable.

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7.7/10

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Cast

rolenameFreya RothMargaret SullavanMartin BrietnerJames StewartFritz MarlbergRobert Young (1)Professor RothFrank MorganOtto Von RohnRobert StackElsaBonita GranvilleMrs RothIrene RichErich Von RohnWilliam T OrrMrs BrietnerMaria OuspenskayaHollDan Dailey

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rolenameDirectorFrank Borzage

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Theatrical distributor

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Languages

English

Formats

Black and white

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