Edge of Darkness
6.1
119 minutes
4/9/1943
Overview
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.
Cast List
Errol Flynn
as Gunnar Brogge
Ann Sheridan
as Karen Stensgard
Walter Huston
as Dr. Martin Stensgard
Helmut Dantine
as Captain Koenig
Ruth Gordon
as Anna Stensgard
Judith Anderson
as Gerd Bjarnesen
Roman Bohnen
as Lars Malken
Monte Blue
as Jens Petersen
Virginia Christine
as Hulda (Stensgard maid)
Morris Carnovsky
as Sixtus Andresen
Charles Dingle
as Kaspar Torgerson
Richard Fraser
as Pastor Aalesen
Art Smith
as Knut Osterholm
Nancy Coleman
as Katja, Koenig's woman
John Beal
as Johann Stensgard
Frank Wilcox
as Jensen, the shoemaker
Henry Brandon
as Major Ruck
Tom Fadden
as Hammer
Francis Pierlot
as Mortensen, the tailor
Kurt Katch
as German Landing Party Captain
Tonio Selwart
as German Corporal Paul
Louis V. Arco
as German Lieutenant (uncredited)
Nora Bush
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Glen Cavender
as Cannery Worker (uncredited)
Albert Cavens
as Soldier (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
as Townsman (uncredited)
Tom Coleman
as Townsman (uncredited)
Victor Cox
as Townsman (uncredited)
William Edmunds
as Elderly Sailor (uncredited)
Frederick Giermann
as German Pilot (uncredited)
Kit Guard
as Townsman in Church (uncredited)
Al Haskell
as Townsman (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
as Soldier (uncredited)
Kurt Kreuger
as German Co-Pilot (uncredited)
Ann Kunde
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Walt La Rue
as Village Patriot (uncredited)
Rolf Lindau
as German Lieutenant (uncredited)
Dudley Field Malone
as Winston Churchcill (voice) (uncredited)
Torben Meyer
as Cannery Clerk (uncredited)
Peter Michael
as German Soldier (uncredited)
Robert Milasch
as Townsman (uncredited)
Ernesto Molinari
as Soldier (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
as Townsman in Church (uncredited)
John Rice
as Townsman (uncredited)
Henry Rowland
as Helmut (uncredited)
John Roy
as Soldier (uncredited)
Allen D. Sewall
as Townsman (uncredited)
Carl Sklover
as Soldier (uncredited)
Cap Somers
as Soldier (uncredited)
Ray Spiker
as Townsman (uncredited)
William Sundholm
as Townsman (uncredited)
Helene Thimig
as Mrs. Frida Malken (uncredited)
Dorothy Tree
as Solveig Brategaard (uncredited)
Peter van Eyck
as German Soldier (uncredited)
Roland Varno
as German Lieutenant (uncredited)
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
as German Co-Pilot (uncredited)
Lottie Williams
as Mrs. Mortensen (uncredited)
William Yetter Sr.
as German Officer (uncredited)
Jack Young
as Franklin D. Roosevelt (voice) (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
George Magrill
Robert R. Stephenson