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The Moon Is Down is a 1943 American war film starring Cedric Hardwicke and Henry Travers and directed by Irving Pichel. It is based on the 1942 novel of the same name by John Steinbeck. Plot. During World War II, German soldiers occupy a small Norwegian town. Cast. Sir Cedric Hardwicke as Col. Lanser. Henry Travers as Mayor Orden.
The Moon Is Down: Directed by Irving Pichel. With Cedric Hardwicke, Henry Travers, Lee J. Cobb, Dorris Bowdon. During the Nazi occupation of Norway, a small Norwegian village struggles to cope with the invaders and some locals choose collaboration while others prefer armed resistance.
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- Drama, War
- Irving Pichel
- 1943-07-29
The Moon Is Down is a novel by American writer John Steinbeck. Fashioned for adaptation for the theatre and for which Steinbeck received the Norwegian King Haakon VII Freedom Cross, it was published by Viking Press in March 1942. The story tells of the military occupation of a small town in Northern Europe by the army of an unnamed nation at ...
- John Steinbeck
- 1942
The Moon Is Down. During World War II, Nazi forces occupy a strategically located Norwegian mining town rich in resources needed for the war effort. The German officer tasked with...
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- Irving Pichel
- War
- Cedric Hardwicke
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WWII drama about a German occupation of a Norwegian mining town. Solid patriotic film that's more thoughtful than most and is propelled by its good cast especially the un-stereotypical Nazi officers played by Cedric Hardwicke and Peter van Eyck. Based on the Steinbeck novel.
The Moon Is Down (1943) was a solid adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel about Norway’s resistance to Nazi invaders; the film also marked Natalie Wood’s debut (though she was uncredited), and Pichel was widely recognized as discovering the actress.
