The Mortal Storm
72 %|Jun 20, 1940|Drama
The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. After the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Breitner, a family friend, is caught up in the turmoil.
Featured Crew
William H. Daniels
Director of Photography
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Bronislau Kaper
Original Music Composer
Hans Rameau
Screenplay
Victor Saville
Producer
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Lloyd Knechtel
Director of Photography
Elmo Veron
Editor
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Cast
Margaret Sullavan
Freya Roth
James Stewart
Martin Breitner
Robert Young
Fritz Marberg
Frank Morgan
Professor Victor Roth
Robert Stack
Otto Von Rohn
Bonita Granville
Elsa
Irene Rich
Mrs. Roth
William T. Orr
Erich Von Rohn
Maria Ouspenskaya
Mrs. Breitner
Gene Reynolds
Rudi
Russell Hicks
Rector
William Edmunds
Lehman
Esther Dale
Marta
Dan Dailey
Holl
Granville Bates
Professor Berg
Thomas W. Ross
Professor Werner
Ward Bond
Franz
Harry Depp
2nd Colleague
Julius Tannen
3rd Colleague
Gus Glassmire
4th Colleague
Rudolph Anders
Gestapo Official Hartman
Max Davidson
Old Postman
Tom Drake
Second Classroom Scene
Dick Elliott
Passport Official on Train
William Irving
Cafe Waiter
Ted Oliver
Concentration Camp Guard
Lucien Prival
Passport Official on Train
Dick Rich
Guard
Bert Roach
Fat Song Leader in Cafe
Bodil Rosing
Old Woman on Train
John Stark
Gestapo Official
Robert R. Stephenson
Gestapo Guard
William Tannen
Nazi Clerk
Henry Victor
Gestapo Official Confiscating Book on Train
Frank Whitbeck
Trailer Announcer (voice)
Robert Willey
Student Speaking in Latin
Sue Moore
Theresa
