
Edge of Darkness
# Resistance fighters battle the Nazis in occupied Norway
π 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.
π΅ Budget: USD
1,653,000
π Languages Available:
English
π Date Released:
1943-04-09
β Running Time:
119 mins
β Vote Average:
6.1
Beloved Cast

Gunnar Brogge
Errol Flynn

Karen Stensgard
Ann Sheridan

Dr. Martin Stensgard
Walter Huston

Captain Koenig
Helmut Dantine

Anna Stensgard
Ruth Gordon

Gerd Bjarnesen
Judith Anderson

Lars Malken
Roman Bohnen

Jens Petersen
Monte Blue

Hulda (Stensgard maid)
Virginia Christine

Sixtus Andresen
Morris Carnovsky

Kaspar Torgerson
Charles Dingle

Pastor Aalesen
Richard Fraser

Knut Osterholm
Art Smith

Katja, Koenig's woman
Nancy Coleman

Johann Stensgard
John Beal

Jensen, the shoemaker
Frank Wilcox

Major Ruck
Henry Brandon

Hammer
Tom Fadden

Mortensen, the tailor
Francis Pierlot

German Landing Party Captain
Kurt Katch

German Corporal Paul
Tonio Selwart

German Lieutenant (uncredited)
Louis V. Arco

Townswoman (uncredited)
Nora Bush

Cannery Worker (uncredited)
Glen Cavender

Soldier (uncredited)
Albert Cavens

Townsman (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Townsman (uncredited)
Tom Coleman

Townsman (uncredited)
Victor Cox

Elderly Sailor (uncredited)
William Edmunds

German Pilot (uncredited)
Frederick Giermann

Townsman in Church (uncredited)
Kit Guard

Townsman (uncredited)
Al Haskell

Soldier (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp

German Co-Pilot (uncredited)
Kurt Kreuger

Townswoman (uncredited)
Ann Kunde

Village Patriot (uncredited)
Walt La Rue

German Lieutenant (uncredited)
Rolf Lindau

Winston Churchcill (voice) (uncredited)
Dudley Field Malone

Cannery Clerk (uncredited)
Torben Meyer

German Soldier (uncredited)
Peter Michael

Townsman (uncredited)
Robert Milasch

Soldier (uncredited)
Ernesto Molinari

Townsman in Church (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard

Townsman (uncredited)
John Rice

Helmut (uncredited)
Henry Rowland

Soldier (uncredited)
John Roy

Townsman (uncredited)
Allen D. Sewall

Soldier (uncredited)
Carl Sklover

Soldier (uncredited)
Cap Somers

Townsman (uncredited)
Ray Spiker

Townsman (uncredited)
William Sundholm

Mrs. Frida Malken (uncredited)
Helene Thimig

Solveig Brategaard (uncredited)
Dorothy Tree

German Soldier (uncredited)
Peter van Eyck

German Lieutenant (uncredited)
Roland Varno

German Co-Pilot (uncredited)
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

Mrs. Mortensen (uncredited)
Lottie Williams

German Officer (uncredited)
William Yetter Sr.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (voice) (uncredited)
Jack Young

Paul Kruger

George Magrill

Robert R. Stephenson