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Overview

A gentle widower with a small daughter finds his peaceful small rural village suddenly invaded by Nazis and, enraged in short order by their atrocities, becomes the leader of an aggressive underground movement.

Cast: Paul Muni, Ann Carter, Richard Derr, Elisabeth Fraser, Cedric Hardwicke, more

Director: John Farrow

Genres: War, Drama

Cast

Paul Muni

Eric Toresen

Ann Carter

Solveig Toresen

Richard Derr

Gunnar Korstad

Elisabeth Fraser

Anna Korstad

Cedric Hardwicke

Admiral Bowen

Robert Coote

Robert Bowen

Anna Lee

Judith Bowen

Ray Collins

Johan Bergesen

Erville Alderson

Johan Garme

Louis Jean Heydt

Karl Arnesen

Arthur Margetson

German Colonel

Alexander Knox

German Captain

Barbara Everest

Mrs. Olav

Rosemary DeCamp

Hilma Arnesen

Lillian Gish

Mrs. Bergesen

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