Edge of Darkness (1943)

04/24/1943 1h 59m

Resistance fighters battle the Nazis in occupied Norway

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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.

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Cast Ages at Release

Errol Flynn

as Gunnar Brogge

Born 06/20/1909

Died 10/14/1959, age

Ann Sheridan

as Karen Stensgard

Born 02/21/1915

Died 01/21/1967, age

Walter Huston

as Dr. Martin Stensgard

Born 04/03/1883

Died 04/07/1950, age

Helmut Dantine

as Captain Koenig

Born 10/07/1918

Died 05/02/1982, age

Ruth Gordon

as Anna Stensgard

Born 10/30/1896

Died 08/28/1985, age

Judith Anderson

as Gerd Bjarnesen

Born 02/08/1897

Died 01/03/1992, age

Charles Dingle

as Kaspar Torgerson

Born 12/27/1887

Died 01/19/1956, age

Glen Cavender

as Cannery Worker (uncredited)

Born 09/18/1883

Died 02/09/1962, age

Peter van Eyck

as German Soldier (uncredited)

Born 07/16/1911

Died 07/15/1969, age

Roland Varno

as German Lieutenant (uncredited)

Born 03/15/1908

Died 05/24/1996, age