{"id":51749,"date":"2020-09-21T12:28:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T19:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=51749"},"modified":"2021-01-22T12:33:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T19:33:58","slug":"edge-of-darkness-1943","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=51749","title":{"rendered":"Edge of Darkness (1943)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;We are not animals &#8212; we are men!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Poster-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Poster-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-51750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Poster-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Poster-687x1024.jpg 687w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Poster-86x128.jpg 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Poster-768x1144.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Poster-1031x1536.jpg 1031w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Poster-1375x2048.jpg 1375w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Poster-181x270.jpg 181w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Poster-scaled.jpg 1719w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nCitizens in a Nazi-occupied Norwegian fishing village respond to their situation in a variety of ways: a middle-aged doctor (Walter Huston) and his wife (Ruth Gordon) hope to allow life to proceed as usual, while their daughter (Ann Sheridan) and her beau (Errol Flynn) are deeply involved in the local Resistance movement, and their son (John Beal) is considered a &#8220;quisling&#8221; for assisting Huston&#8217;s Nazi-sympathizing brother-in-law (Charles Dingle).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ann Sheridan Films<\/li>\n<li>Errol Flynn Films<\/li>\n<li>Flashback Films<\/li>\n<li>Judith Anderson Films<\/li>\n<li>Lewis Milestone Films<\/li>\n<li>Nazis<\/li>\n<li>Resistance Fighters<\/li>\n<li>Ruth Gordon Films<\/li>\n<li>Walter Huston Films<\/li>\n<li>World War II<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nLewis Milestone directed this Resistance film set in coastal Norway during the height of World War II &#8212; yet another reminder of how many communities were impacted by the insidious spread of Nazism across Europe. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Nazism.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Nazism.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Nazism.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Nazism-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Nazism-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Nazism-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Actually, this one hits particularly close to home for me, given that my parents were both very young children in Nazi-occupied Norway, and my grandfather could easily have been killed for harboring two Resistance fighters behind his farm. With that &#8220;insider knowledge&#8221; put on the table, there isn&#8217;t much to distinguish this from other European-based Resistance flicks of the era, given that the Hollywood casts speaks in English, and location shooting was done in Monterey, California: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Flynn.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Flynn.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Flynn.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Flynn-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Flynn-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Flynn-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Lineup.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Lineup.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Lineup.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Lineup-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Lineup-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Lineup-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; but the storyline remains an archetypically strong one, showing the various stances one could take, and how deeply impacted families were by loyalty in various directions. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Many powerfully filmed sequences<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Direction2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Direction2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Direction2.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Direction2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Direction2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Direction2-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Direction1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Direction1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Direction1.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Direction1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Direction1-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Direction1-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Atmospheric cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Cinematography1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Cinematography1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Cinematography1.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Cinematography1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Cinematography1-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Cinematography1-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Cinematography2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Cinematography2.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Cinematography2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Cinematography2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Edge-of-Darkness-Cinematography2-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s worth a one-time look. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0034694\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1943\/04\/10\/archives\/edge-of-darkness-melodrama-of-norway-with-erroll-flynn-opens-at.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/2891\/edge-of-darkness\/#articles-reviews?articleId=318\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We are not animals &#8212; we are men!&#8221; Synopsis: Citizens in a Nazi-occupied Norwegian fishing village respond to their situation in a variety of ways: a middle-aged doctor (Walter Huston) and his wife (Ruth Gordon) hope to allow life to proceed as usual, while their daughter (Ann Sheridan) and her beau (Errol Flynn) are deeply involved in the local Resistance movement, and their son (John Beal) is considered a &#8220;quisling&#8221; for assisting Huston&#8217;s Nazi-sympathizing brother-in-law (Charles Dingle). Genres, Themes, Actors,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=51749\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51749"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65158,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51749\/revisions\/65158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}