Edge of Darkness

Edge of Darkness by Lewis Milestone

6.10

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

Errol Flynn

Errol Flynn as Gunnar Brogge

Ann Sheridan

Ann Sheridan as Karen Stensgard

Walter Huston

Walter Huston as Dr. Martin Stensgard

Helmut Dantine

Helmut Dantine as Captain Koenig

Ruth Gordon

Ruth Gordon as Anna Stensgard

Judith Anderson

Judith Anderson as Gerd Bjarnesen

Roman Bohnen

Roman Bohnen as Lars Malken

Monte Blue

Monte Blue as Jens Petersen

Virginia Christine

Virginia Christine as Hulda (Stensgard maid)

Morris Carnovsky

Morris Carnovsky as Sixtus Andresen

Charles Dingle

Charles Dingle as Kaspar Torgerson

Richard Fraser

Richard Fraser as Pastor Aalesen

Art Smith

Art Smith as Knut Osterholm

Nancy Coleman

Nancy Coleman as Katja, Koenig's woman

John Beal

John Beal as Johann Stensgard

Frank Wilcox

Frank Wilcox as Jensen, the shoemaker

Henry Brandon

Henry Brandon as Major Ruck

Tom Fadden

Tom Fadden as Hammer

Francis Pierlot

Francis Pierlot as Mortensen, the tailor

Kurt Katch

Kurt Katch as German Landing Party Captain

Tonio Selwart

Tonio Selwart as German Corporal Paul

Louis V. Arco

Louis V. Arco as German Lieutenant (uncredited)

Nora Bush

Nora Bush as Townswoman (uncredited)

Glen Cavender

Glen Cavender as Cannery Worker (uncredited)

Albert Cavens

Albert Cavens as Soldier (uncredited)

Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Noble 'Kid' Chissell as Townsman (uncredited)

Tom Coleman

Tom Coleman as Townsman (uncredited)

Victor Cox

Victor Cox as Townsman (uncredited)

William Edmunds

William Edmunds as Elderly Sailor (uncredited)

Frederick Giermann

Frederick Giermann as German Pilot (uncredited)

Kit Guard

Kit Guard as Townsman in Church (uncredited)

Al Haskell

Al Haskell as Townsman (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

Kenner G. Kemp as Soldier (uncredited)

Kurt Kreuger

Kurt Kreuger as German Co-Pilot (uncredited)

Ann Kunde

Ann Kunde as Townswoman (uncredited)

Walt La Rue

Walt La Rue as Village Patriot (uncredited)

Rolf Lindau

Rolf Lindau as German Lieutenant (uncredited)

Dudley Field Malone

Dudley Field Malone as Winston Churchcill (voice) (uncredited)

Torben Meyer

Torben Meyer as Cannery Clerk (uncredited)

Peter Michael

Peter Michael as German Soldier (uncredited)

Robert Milasch

Robert Milasch as Townsman (uncredited)

Ernesto Molinari

Ernesto Molinari as Soldier (uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

Harry 'Snub' Pollard as Townsman in Church (uncredited)

John Rice

John Rice as Townsman (uncredited)

Henry Rowland

Henry Rowland as Helmut (uncredited)

John Roy

John Roy as Soldier (uncredited)

Allen D. Sewall

Allen D. Sewall as Townsman (uncredited)

Carl Sklover

Carl Sklover as Soldier (uncredited)

Cap Somers

Cap Somers as Soldier (uncredited)

Ray Spiker

Ray Spiker as Townsman (uncredited)

William Sundholm

William Sundholm as Townsman (uncredited)

Helene Thimig

Helene Thimig as Mrs. Frida Malken (uncredited)

Dorothy Tree

Dorothy Tree as Solveig Brategaard (uncredited)

Peter van Eyck

Peter van Eyck as German Soldier (uncredited)

Roland Varno

Roland Varno as German Lieutenant (uncredited)

Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

Hans Heinrich von Twardowski as German Co-Pilot (uncredited)

Lottie Williams

Lottie Williams as Mrs. Mortensen (uncredited)

William Yetter Sr.

William Yetter Sr. as German Officer (uncredited)

Jack Young

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

Paul Kruger

Paul Kruger as

George Magrill

George Magrill as

Robert R. Stephenson

Robert R. Stephenson as

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