Edge of Darkness
movie
Resistance fighters battle the Nazis in occupied Norway
Released April 09, 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
Errol Flynn
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Gunnar Brogge
Ann Sheridan
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Karen Stensgard
Walter Huston
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Dr. Martin Stensgard
Helmut Dantine
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Captain Koenig
Ruth Gordon
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Anna Stensgard
Judith Anderson
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Gerd Bjarnesen
Roman Bohnen
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Lars Malken
Monte Blue
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Jens Petersen
Virginia Christine
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Hulda (Stensgard maid)
Morris Carnovsky
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Sixtus Andresen
Charles Dingle
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Kaspar Torgerson
Richard Fraser
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Pastor Aalesen
Crew
Lewis Milestone
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Director
Robert Rossen
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Screenplay
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William Woods
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Novel
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Willard Van Enger
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Special Effects
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Perc Westmore
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Makeup Artist
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Julia Heron
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Set Decoration
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Everett Alton Brown
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Sound
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Leo F. Forbstein
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Music Director
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Lawrence W. Butler
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Special Effects
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Buster Wiles
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Stunts
Franz Waxman
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Original Music Composer
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Walt La Rue
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Stunts