The Mortal Storm (1940)

Synopsis: This bold -- and, in 1940, contemporary -- indictment of Nazi oppression examines the evil effects of Hitler's rise to power. A Jewish scholar at a German university dismisses theories... This bold -- and, in 1940, contemporary -- indictment of Nazi oppression examines the evil effects of Hitler's rise to power. A Jewish scholar at a German university dismisses theories about Aryan blood being "superior" from that of other ethnic groups. He is subsequently punished by being shipped to a concentration camp. Thereafter, his family's once-warm home becomes a cold cave of fear. Though the professor's stepsons welcome the new regime and don swastika-spangled uniforms, his daughter, Freya, and her fiance plan to flee the country. Freya also tries to smuggle a manuscript, written by her father, that chronicles the terror. But their only path to freedom is a snow-covered trail in the Austrian Alps, one that just might be stationed with Nazi marksmen. [More]

Starring: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Robert Young, Frank Morgan

Starring: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Robert Young, Frank Morgan, Robert Stack, Bonita Granville, Irene Rich, Maria Ouspenskaya

Director: Frank Borzage

Director: Frank Borzage
Producer: Sidney Franklin, Victor Saville
Screenwriter: Claudine West, Anderson Ellis, George Froeschel
Composer: Edward Kane, Eugene Zador

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