Edge of Darkness (1943) ( Norway in Revolt )

Edge of Darkness (1943) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Norway in Revolt
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Mono )
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Mono )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
119 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Posters
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1943 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Lewis Milestone

Written By:
Robert Rossen
William Woods

Actors:
Errol Flynn ..... Gunnar Brogge
Ann Sheridan ..... Karen Stensgard
Walter Huston ..... Dr. Martin Stensgard
Nancy Coleman ..... Katja
Helmut Dantine ..... Captain Koenig
Judith Anderson ..... Gerd Bjarnesen
Ruth Gordon ..... Anna Stensgard
John Beal ..... Johann Stensgard
Morris Carnovsky ..... Sixtus Andresen
Charles Dingle ..... Kaspar Torgerson
Roman Bohnen ..... Lars Malken
Richard Fraser ..... Pastor Aalesen
Art Smith ..... Knut Osterholm
Al Bridge ..... Whalen (scenes deleted)
Vera Lewis ..... Townswoman (scenes deleted)

Synopsis:

The Norwegian resistance to the Nazi occupation of their country inspired several wartime films from Hollywood, including this Warner Bros. production, filmed in and around Monterey, California. In October 1942, a German observation airplane discovers a seaside village named Trollness where the Norwegian flag is flying over the town square. A ground patrol discovers an empty town littered with corpses, including a number of Nazi officials. The story of the massacre is told in flashback. Errol Flynn plays Gunnar Brogge, a fisherman engaged to Karen Stensgard (Ann Sheridan), whose father, Martin (Walter Huston), is the village physician. Gunnar and Karen are working to undermine the Nazis. The town is divided, with the minister leading a contingent which believes that violence, even against the sadistic Germans, is morally wrong. Karen is concerned about the imminent arrival of her brother, who is known to be friendly to the German occupiers; she fears he may learn of plans by the British to deliver a supply of guns to the resistance. The Nazi commandant, Captain Konig (Helmut Dantine), keeps up the pressure to learn of any opposition to his administration, eventually deciding to execute a selected number of the villagers to force someone to reveal the extent of the resistance's schemes.

In Nazi occupied Norway in 1942, the 800 residents of a small fishing village stage a revolt against the garrison of 150 crack Nazi troops. Up to this point, the villagers had contented themselves with small acts of sabotage, such as pouring kerosene in the fish at the local canning plant. When someone from a neighboring village arrives saying they had staged an armed revolt with weapons provided by the British, they too decide to stage an uprising, despite the great risks to all of them. Led by fisherman Gunnar Broge and Karen Stensgard, daughter of the village physician, they are advised by a British officer not to attack until all of the coastal villages have been armed. The humiliation and eviction from his home of the retired local school teacher and an attack on Karen Stargard, forces them into action.

It's two years after the Nazi's invasion of Norway and in a small fishing village that is headquarters to 150 German soldiers, the 800 locals are stewing, waiting for a supply of arms so they can revolt. Leaders include Karen Stensgard, whose father is the town's doctor and not all that sure that an open revolt will accomplish much and whose brother has proven disloyal to Norway previously, and Gunnar Brogge, a fisherman who was planning to sail to England to fight but changed his mind on hearing of English arms being delivered. Although the Nazi's cruelty is evident, the townspeople bide their time, until one incident causes the stewpot to boil over.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 02 June, 2023.