The Mortal Storm
The Roths lead a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps. When the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and a family friend is caught up in the turmoil.
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DVD-R Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 40 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: October 20, 2009
- Originally Released: 1940
- Label: Warner Archive Collection (MOD)
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Robert Young & Frank Morgan | |
Performer: | Robert Stack, Maria Ouspenskaya, Irene Rich & Bonita Granville | |
Directed by | Frank Borzage | |
Edited by | Elmo Veron | |
Screenplay by | Claudine West, Hans Rameau & George Froeschel | |
Composition by | Edward Kane | |
Art Direction by | Cedric Gibbons | |
Produced by | Frank Borzage & Victor Saville | |
Director of Photography: | William H. Daniels |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 7/10 --
THE MORTAL STORM (1940) is a jaw-dropper about when Fascism comes to a village in Germany.
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Mark Leeper's Reviews
Rating: 4/4 --
Romance becomes the irritant and, effectively, Borzage positions his romanticism as a contribution to Hollywood's anti-fascist crusade.
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Slant Magazine
Rating: B --
This was the first Hollywood film to so openly and boldly cast aspersions on the Nazi oppression.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
...A still-powerful portrayal of '30s Germany, filmed when most in Hollywood wouldn't yet touch the subject...
USA Today
Description by OLDIES.com:
The Mortal Storm is the story of Hitler's rise to power as seen through the microcosm of one German family. What may seem small and personal is instead towering, a bold revelation of the brutality of the Nazi regime that so infuriated propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels that he banned all MGM movies in Germany.
In their fourth and final teaming, Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart play sweethearts, evoking the tender, romantic empathy that always marked their work together. They lead a sterling cast in director Frank Borzage's sweeping tale of the political and human chaos that rips a family apart, sets child against parent and lover against lover, and leads to savagery, to sacrifice and to heroism.
Product Description:
A cautionary tale involving two young lovers living in Germany during Hitler's rise to power who try to escape the growing Nazi threat. Based on Phyllis Bottome's 1937 novel.
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- Sales Rank: 16,195
- UPC: 883316213025
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