Bufera mortale (1940)
E' questa una pellicola di propaganda antinazista realizzata da un regista notevole e interpretata da attori di rilievo. Il film raggiunge i suoi scopi attraverso la narrazione delle vicissitudini di una famiglia tedesca travolta dal nazismo intorno al 1933, anno in cui Hitler fu nominato cancelliere. Il professor Victor Roth, di origine ebrea, sta festeggiando con i propri familiari il suo sessantesimo compleanno. Improvvisamente la radio annuncia che Hitler è stato nominato cancelliere. È l'inizio della fine: il professore, arrestato, morirà in un campo di concentramento e la figlia, mentre tenta di riparare in Austria, verrà uccisa dall'ex fidanzato, passato nelle file delle Ss.
Direttore:
Frank Borzage
Scrittori:
George Froeschel, Hans Rameau, Claudine West.
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Margaret Sullavan as Freya Roth |
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James Stewart as Martin Breitner |
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Robert Young as Fritz Marberg |
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Frank Morgan as Professor Victor Roth |
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Robert Stack as Otto Von Rohn |
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Bonita Granville as Elsa |
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Irene Rich as Mrs. Roth |
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William T. Orr as Erich Von Rohn |
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Maria Ouspenskaya as Mrs. Breitner |
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Gene Reynolds as Rudi |
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Russell Hicks as Rector |
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William Edmunds as Lehman |
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Esther Dale as Marta |
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Dan Dailey as Holl |
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Granville Bates as Professor Berg |
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Thomas W. Ross as Professor Werner |
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Ward Bond as Franz |
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Harry Depp as 2nd Colleague |
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Julius Tannen as 3rd Colleague |
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Gus Glassmire as 4th Colleague |
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Rudolph Anders as Gestapo Official Hartman |
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Max Davidson as Old Postman |
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Tom Drake as Second Classroom Scene |
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Dick Elliott as Passport Official on Train |
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William Irving as Cafe Waiter |
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Ted Oliver as Concentration Camp Guard |
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Lucien Prival as Passport Official on Train |
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Dick Rich as Guard |
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Bert Roach as Fat Song Leader in Cafe |
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Bodil Rosing as Old Woman on Train |
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John Stark as Gestapo Official |
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Robert R. Stephenson as Gestapo Guard |
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William Tannen as Nazi Clerk |
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Henry Victor as Gestapo Official Confiscating Book on Train |
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Frank Whitbeck as Trailer Announcer (voice) |
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Robert Willey as Student Speaking in Latin |
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Sue Moore as Theresa |
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Howard Lang as |
| Directing | Frank Borzage | Director |
| Writing | Phyllis Bottome | Novel |
| Writing | George Froeschel | Screenplay |
| Writing | Hans Rameau | Screenplay |
| Writing | Claudine West | Screenplay |
| Production | Frank Borzage | Producer |
| Production | Victor Saville | Producer |
| Sound | Bronislau Kaper | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Eugene Zador | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | William H. Daniels | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Lloyd Knechtel | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Leonard Smith | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Elmo Veron | Editor |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Art | Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gile Steele | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adrian | Costume Design |
