The Mortal Storm 1940 N/R, 100 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Borzage Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Robert Young, Frank Morgan, Robert Stack, William T. Orr, Maria Ouspenskaya, Bonita Granville, Irene Rich, Esther Dale
In this propaganda film about the tragedies endured by the Roth family, the father, a German professor (Frank Morgan), speaks out against the Nazis and ends up in a concentration camp where he is killed. His two sons (Robert Stack and William Orr) become Nazis as does his daughter's fiance (Robert Young). His daughter (Margaret Sullavan) eventually tries to cross the border into Austria with the man she loves (James Stewart), but she is killed trying to escape.
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| Oscars: Best Director for Seventh Heaven (1928), Best Director for Bad Girl (1932) |
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| Oscar: Best Actor for The Philadelphia Story (1940) |
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