The Mortal Storm
The Mortal Storm 1940 is a drama film from MGM directed by Frank Borzage and starring Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart. The films theme is the impact upon a nations population when the country becomes fascist. The supporting cast features Robert Young, Robert Stack, Frank Morgan, Dan Dailey, Ward Bond and Maria Ouspenskaya.
Freya and her father are implied to be Jews but the word Jew is never used, and they are only identified as nonAryans in addition, Freyas half brothers are all members of the Nazi Party. Though it is understood that the film is set in Germany, the name of the country is rarely mentioned except at the very beginning in a short text of introduction. MGM purposely did not mention the name of the country or the religion of Freyas family because of the large German market for its films, but it was to no availthe movie infuriated the Nazi government and it led to all MGM films being banned in Germany.The supporting cast features Robert Young a major romantic lead in many Hollywood films and later Jim Anderson on televisions Father Knows Best, and the title role in Marcus Welby, MD, Robert Stack The Untouchables, 195963, Frank Morgan Professor Marvel and the Wizard in The Wizard of Oz the previous year, Dan Dailey, Ward Bond John Waynes costar infilms, one of director John Fords favorite ensemble actors, and later the lead in the television series Wagon Train, Maria Ouspenskaya, William T. Orr, and Bonita Granville, who was the first actress to play Nancy Drew onscreen. ........
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