The Mortal Storm
“The Most Exciting Picture!”
1940 · 1 h 40 min
Frank BorzageCast
Margaret Sullavan 
James Stewart 
Robert Young 
Frank Morgan 
Robert Stack 
Bonita Granville
Credits
Written by: Claudine West
Plot
In 1933 Germany, a professor's family is torn apart as Nazism rises and some members embrace it.
Sinekatalog’s take
Frank Borzage's drama is early, brave Hollywood anti-Nazi filmmaking, with James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.7 / 10 (7,042 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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