The Mortal Storm

7.244

100 minutes

6/20/1940

Overview

The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. After the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Breitner, a family friend, is caught up in the turmoil.

Cast List

Margaret Sullavan
as Freya Roth
James Stewart
as Martin Breitner
Robert Young
as Fritz Marberg
Frank Morgan
as Professor Victor Roth
Robert Stack
as Otto Von Rohn
Bonita Granville
as Elsa
Irene Rich
as Mrs. Roth
William T. Orr
as Erich Von Rohn
Maria Ouspenskaya
as Mrs. Breitner
Gene Reynolds
as Rudi
Russell Hicks
as Rector
William Edmunds
as Lehman
Esther Dale
as Marta
Dan Dailey
as Holl
Granville Bates
as Professor Berg
Thomas W. Ross
as Professor Werner
Ward Bond
as Franz
Harry Depp
as 2nd Colleague
Julius Tannen
as 3rd Colleague
Gus Glassmire
as 4th Colleague
Rudolph Anders
as Gestapo Official Hartman
Max Davidson
as Old Postman
Tom Drake
as Second Classroom Scene
Dick Elliott
as Passport Official on Train
William Irving
as Cafe Waiter
Ted Oliver
as Concentration Camp Guard
Lucien Prival
as Passport Official on Train
Dick Rich
as Guard
Bert Roach
as Fat Song Leader in Cafe
Bodil Rosing
as Old Woman on Train
John Stark
as Gestapo Official
Robert R. Stephenson
as Gestapo Guard
William Tannen
as Nazi Clerk
Henry Victor
as Gestapo Official Confiscating Book on Train
Frank Whitbeck
as Trailer Announcer (voice)
Robert Willey
as Student Speaking in Latin
Sue Moore
as Theresa
Howard Lang