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

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