Edge of Darkness
7.2
“Resistance fighters battle the Nazis in occupied Norway”
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.
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Cast
63 people
Errol Flynn
Gunnar Brogge
Known for
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Captain Blood
'Snub' Pollard
Townsman in Church
Ann Sheridan
Karen Stensgard
Known for
Woman on the Run
Angels with Dirty Faces
Walter Huston
Dr. Martin Stensgard
Known for
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
And Then There Were None
Helmut Dantine
Captain Koenig
Known for
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
War and Peace
Ruth Gordon
Anna Stensgard
Known for
Rosemary's Baby
Harold and Maude
Judith Anderson
Gerd Bjarnesen
Known for
Rebecca
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Roman Bohnen
Lars Malken
Known for
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Monte Blue
Jens Petersen
Known for
Key Largo
Orphans of the Storm
Virginia Christine
Hulda (Stensgard maid)
Known for
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Morris Carnovsky
Sixtus Andresen
Known for
Gun Crazy
Dead Reckoning
Charles Dingle
Kaspar Torgerson
Known for
The Little Foxes
The Talk of the Town
Lewis Milestone Director · Robert Rossen Screenplay William Woods Author
Worldwide gross $3.7M · Budget $1.7M · United States release April 9, 1943
Box office
Budget
$1,653,000
Worldwide gross
$3,669,000
Gross vs. budget
2.2×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 9, 1943
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
April 24, 1943 · Theatrical
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