Directed by:
Frank BorzageComposer:
Bronislau KaperCast:
Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Robert Young, Frank Morgan, Robert Stack, Bonita Granville, Irene Rich, William T. Orr, Maria Ouspenskaya, Gene Reynolds (more)Plots(1)
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. (official distributor synopsis)
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A beautiful film about what monsters people can be. One of the few American films - and the first ever, if I'm not mistaken - that confronted Nazism head-on. It was subsequently banned in Germany. I'm quite surprised that a film like this came so late because it beautifully shows that those who suffer in war are individuals and the entire nation with them, while only a handful are those who seek to destroy and change the world into its ruins.
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