
Edge of Darkness
Drama · War
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.
Top Cast


Errol Flynn
Errol Flynn
Gunnar Brogge
Errol Flynn
Gunnar Brogge


Ann Sheridan
Ann Sheridan
Karen Stensgard
Ann Sheridan
Karen Stensgard


Walter Huston
Walter Huston
Dr. Martin Stensgard
Walter Huston
Dr. Martin Stensgard


Helmut Dantine
Helmut Dantine
Captain Koenig
Helmut Dantine
Captain Koenig


Ruth Gordon
Ruth Gordon
Anna Stensgard
Ruth Gordon
Anna Stensgard


Judith Anderson
Judith Anderson
Gerd Bjarnesen
Judith Anderson
Gerd Bjarnesen


Roman Bohnen
Roman Bohnen
Lars Malken
Roman Bohnen
Lars Malken


Monte Blue
Monte Blue
Jens Petersen
Monte Blue
Jens Petersen


Virginia Christine
Virginia Christine
Hulda (Stensgard maid)
Virginia Christine
Hulda (Stensgard maid)


Morris Carnovsky
Morris Carnovsky
Sixtus Andresen
Morris Carnovsky
Sixtus Andresen
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