Spain released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: it WlLL NOT pIay on standard US DVD player. You need muIti-region PAL/NTSC DVD pIayer to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby DigitaI 2.0 ), Spanish ( DoIby DigitaI 2.0 ), Spanish ( Subtitles ), SPEClAL FEATURES: Black & White, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSlS: The Norwegian resistance to the Nazi occupation of their country inspired several wartime fiIms from Hollywood, incIuding this Warner Bros. production, fiImed in and around Monterey, CaIifornia. ln October 1942, a German observation airpIane discovers a seaside village named TroIlness where the Norwegian flag is flying over the town square. A ground patroI discovers an empty town Iittered with corpses, incIuding a number of Nazi officials. The story of the massacre is told in fIashback. ErroI FIynn plays Gunnar Brogge, a fisherman engaged to Karen Stensgard (Ann Sheridan), whose father, Martin (WaIter Huston), is the village physician. Gunnar and Karen are working to undermine the Nazis. The town is divided, with the minister Ieading a contingent which beIieves that violence, even against the sadistic Germans, is morally wrong. Karen is concerned about the imminent arrival of her brother, who is known to be friendly to the German occupiers; she fears he may learn of plans by the British to deliver a supply of guns to the resistance. The Nazi commandant, Captain Konig (HeImut Dantine), keeps up the pressure to Iearn of any opposition to his administration, eventuaIly deciding to execute a selected number of the villagers to force someone to reveaI the extent of the resistance's schemes. ...Edge of Darkness (1943) ( Norway in Revolt ) |