The Mortal Storm
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| Directed by | Frank Borzage |
| Starring | Margaret Sullavan James Stewart Robert Young Frank Morgan Robert Stack |
| Release date(s) | June 14, 1940 |
| Running time | 100 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
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The Mortal Storm is a 1940 film that was one of the most direct anti-Nazi Hollywood films released before the American entry into the Second World War. It stars James Stewart as a German who refuses to join the rest of his small Bavarian town in supporting Nazism. He falls in love with "non-Aryan" Freya Roth (Margaret Sullavan). Freya and her family are implied to be Jewish but the word "Jew" is never used and they are only referred to as "non-Aryans." Though it is understood that the film is set in Germany, the name of the country is rarely mentioned except at the very beginning in a short text of introduction. The supporting cast includes Robert Young (Father Knows Best), Robert Stack, Frank Morgan (who played the title role in The Wizard of Oz the year before), Dan Dailey, Ward Bond, Maria Ouspenskaya, William T. Orr, and Bonita Granville. The movie infuriated the Nazi government and it led to all MGM films being banned in Germany, which was a large market for American films at the time.
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- Margaret Sullavan ... Freya Roth
- James Stewart ... Martin Breitner
- Robert Young ... Fritz Marberg
- Frank Morgan ... Prof. Viktor Roth
- Robert Stack ... Otto von Rohn
- Bonita Granville ... Elsa
- Irene Rich ... Amelie Roth
- William T. Orr ... Erich von Rohn
- Maria Ouspenskaya ... Hilda Breitner
- Gene Reynolds ... Rudi Roth
- Russell Hicks ... Rector of University
- William Edmunds ... Lehman, University Doorman
- Esther Dale ... Marta, Roth's Maid
- Dan Dailey ... Holl, Youth Party Leader (billed as Dan Dailey, Jr.)
- Granville Bates ... Prof. Berg
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