Edge of Darkness
Drama | War
Release Date
April 9, 1943
Duration
119 min
Status
Released
Language
en
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.
Casts
Gunnar Brogge
Errol Flynn
Karen Stensgard
Ann Sheridan
Dr. Martin Stensgard
Walter Huston
Captain Koenig
Helmut Dantine
Anna Stensgard
Ruth Gordon
Gerd Bjarnesen
Judith Anderson
Lars Malken
Roman Bohnen
Jens Petersen
Monte Blue
Hulda (Stensgard maid)
Virginia Christine
Sixtus Andresen
Morris Carnovsky
Kaspar Torgerson
Charles Dingle
Pastor Aalesen
Richard Fraser
Knut Osterholm
Art Smith
Katja, Koenig's woman
Nancy Coleman
Johann Stensgard
John Beal
Jensen, the shoemaker
Frank Wilcox
Major Ruck
Henry Brandon
Hammer
Tom Fadden
Mortensen, the tailor
Francis Pierlot
German Landing Party Captain
Kurt Katch
German Corporal Paul
Tonio Selwart
German Lieutenant (uncredited)
Louis V. Arco
Townswoman (uncredited)
Nora Bush
Cannery Worker (uncredited)
Glen Cavender
Soldier (uncredited)
Albert Cavens
Townsman (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Townsman (uncredited)
Tom Coleman
Townsman (uncredited)
Victor Cox
Elderly Sailor (uncredited)
William Edmunds
German Pilot (uncredited)
Frederick Giermann
Townsman in Church (uncredited)
Kit Guard
Townsman (uncredited)
Al Haskell
Soldier (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
German Co-Pilot (uncredited)
Kurt Kreuger
Townswoman (uncredited)
Ann Kunde
Village Patriot (uncredited)
Walt La Rue
German Lieutenant (uncredited)
Rolf Lindau
Winston Churchcill (voice) (uncredited)
Dudley Field Malone
Cannery Clerk (uncredited)
Torben Meyer
German Soldier (uncredited)
Peter Michael
Townsman (uncredited)
Robert Milasch
Soldier (uncredited)
Ernesto Molinari
Townsman in Church (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Townsman (uncredited)
John Rice
Helmut (uncredited)
Henry Rowland
Soldier (uncredited)
John Roy
Townsman (uncredited)
Allen D. Sewall
Soldier (uncredited)
Carl Sklover
Soldier (uncredited)
Cap Somers
Townsman (uncredited)
Ray Spiker
Townsman (uncredited)
William Sundholm
Mrs. Frida Malken (uncredited)
Helene Thimig
Solveig Brategaard (uncredited)
Dorothy Tree
German Soldier (uncredited)
Peter van Eyck
German Lieutenant (uncredited)
Roland Varno
German Co-Pilot (uncredited)
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
Mrs. Mortensen (uncredited)
Lottie Williams
German Officer (uncredited)
William Yetter Sr.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (voice) (uncredited)
Jack Young
Paul Kruger
George Magrill
Robert R. Stephenson
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