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Edge of Darkness
(VHS, 1993)
Leading Role: Errol Flynn
Director: Lewis Milestone
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Format: VHS
Mar 1993
Not Rated
Recording Mode: (unknown)
120 min. |
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Movie Description
The plight of a Nazi occupied Norwegian fishing village is the subject of this film (based on the novel by William Woods), which stars Errol Flynn as Gunnar Brogge, the leader of the local resistance. In the face of a mounting series of Nazi acts of provocation, Brogge calls a secret meeting of the townspeople, and they decide that they're ready to acquire guns from England and fight the enemy openly. When the Nazi commandant (Helmut Dantine) orders the public execution of the resistance leaders, the battle begins.
Synopsis
Director Lewis Milestone shelved his characteristic expressionism in this tale of a Norwegian fishing village straining under the yoke of Nazi oppression, choosing to tell the story in a transparent and straightforward manner. Errol Flynn stars as Gunnar Brogge, the leader of the resistance. Learning of the possibility of getting arms from England to fight the Nazis, he's persuaded to remain in the village rather than leave, as he had planned. He calls a clandestine meeting of the townspeople in the church, to decide whether they want to try to acquire weapons from England and fight or allow the continued Nazi presence. The pacifist Pastor Torgerson (Richard Fraser) counsels acceptance of their current lot. The respected village doctor, Martin Stensgard (Walter Huston), asks for caution. But ultimately, the people agree to order the guns. After having seized a great deal of property, the Nazis confiscate the town's fishing fleet, its prime means of survival. Then, Karen Stensgard (Anne Sheridan), daughter of Martin and Brogge's lover, is raped. Martin kills the rapist and is captured and sentenced to death along with seven other resistance leaders. Walter Huston and Morris Carnovsky are excellent in this crisp melodrama.
Film Notes
Theatrical release: April 4, 1943.
Future director Don Siegel worked on special effects.
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