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| Director: | Jean Renoir | 
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| Writer: | Dudley Nichols, Jean Renoir | 
| Staring: | 
| Somewhere in Europe, in a city occupied by the Nazis, a gentle school teacher finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance, cowardice and courage. | |
| Release Date: | May 07, 1943 | 
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| Director: | Jean Renoir | 
| Writer: | Dudley Nichols, Jean Renoir | 
| Genres: | Drama, War | 
| Keywords | suicide, resistance, self sacrifice, mayor, nazi, cigarette, bravery, hand grenade, teacher, informant, air raid, schoolteacher | 
| Production Companies | RKO Radio Pictures, Jean-Renoir- Dudly Nichols Productions | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
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| Charles Laughton | Albert Lory | 
| Maureen O'Hara | Louise Martin | 
| George Sanders | George Lambert | 
| Walter Slezak | Major Erich von Keller | 
| Kent Smith | Paul Martin | 
| Una O'Connor | Mrs. Emma Lory | 
| Philip Merivale | Professor Sorel | 
| Thurston Hall | Mayor Henry Manville | 
| George Coulouris | Prosecutor | 
| Nancy Gates | Julie Grant | 
| Ivan F. Simpson | Judge | 
| John Donat | Edmund Lorraine | 
| Philip Ahlm | German Second Lieutenant | 
| Louis V. Arco | German Sergeant | 
| John Banner | German Sergeant | 
| George Sorel | German Sergeant | 
| Hans Schumm | German Sergeant Who Pushes Albert | 
| Robert R. Stephenson | German Sergeant on Street | 
| Sven Hugo Borg | German Soldier | 
| Albert D'Arno | German Soldier | 
| Russell Hoyt | German Soldier | 
| Rudolf Myzet | German Soldier | 
| Lester Sharpe | German Soldier | 
| Walter Thiele | German Soldier | 
| Hans Fuerberg | Kurt, German Soldier | 
| Ferdinand Schumann-Heink | Karl, German Soldier | 
| William Yetter Sr. | Otto, German Soldier | 
| Ludwig Donath | German Captain | 
| Hans Moebus | German Chauffeur | 
| Frank Alten | Captain Schwartz | 
| Joan Barclay | Young Woman | 
| Trevor Bardette | Courtroom Guard Who Brings Albert's Notes | 
| Bobby Burns | Courtroom Spectator | 
| Tommy Bond | Pug-nosed School Bully | 
| Leo Bulgakov | Little Fat Man | 
| George M. Carleton | Mr. Noble, Jury Foreman and Butcher | 
| Wheaton Chambers | Mr. Lorraine | 
| Cecil Weston | Mrs. Lorraine | 
| Gordon B. Clarke | First Lieutenant | 
| John Dilson | Mayor's Secretary | 
| Margaret Fealy | Old Woman | 
| Lon Poff | Old Man | 
| Ernest Grooney | Priest | 
| Mary Halsey | Girl | 
| Sam Harris | Man Knocked Down on Sidewalk / Townsman Shot by Firing Squad | 
| Hallene Hill | Woman in Window | 
| June Pickerell | Woman in Window | 
| Jeanne Lafayette | Woman on Street | 
| Lillian O'Malley | Woman on Street | 
| Ida Shoemaker | Woman on Street | 
| Claire McDowell | Woman in Bathroom | 
| Otto Hoffman | Victor, Printer | 
| Lloyd Ingraham | Man with Paper on Street | 
| Elmer Jerome | Man in Window | 
| Casey Johnson | Boy | 
| Freddie Mercer | Boy in Classroom | 
| P.J. Kelly | Judge | 
| David Kirkland | Judge | 
| Theodore Lorch | Juror | 
| Frank O'Connor | Juror | 
| George MacQuarrie | Chief of Police | 
| Ed McNamara | Policeman | 
| William J. O'Brien | Night Switchman | 
| Jack Shea | Burly Cop | 
| Gus Taillon | Newsman | 
| Hans von Morhart | Soldier Who Gets Slapped | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| James G. Stewart | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| Terry Kellum | Sound | 
| Leonid Raab | Orchestrator | 
| Leo Bulgakov | Dialogue | 
| Stephen Dunn | Sound Recordist | 
| John E. Tribby | Sound Recordist | 
| Dudley Nichols | Screenplay | 
| Lothar Perl | Original Music Composer | 
| Frank Redman | Director of Photography | 
| Frederic Knudtson | Editor | 
| Walter E. Keller | Art Direction | 
| A. Roland Fields | Set Decoration | 
| Darrell Silvera | Set Decoration | 
| Edward Donahue | Assistant Director | 
| Jean Renoir | Screenplay, Director | 
| Eugène Lourié | Production Design | 
| Albert S. D'Agostino | Art Direction | 
| Renié | Costume Design | 
| Vernon L. Walker | Special Effects | 
| C. Bakaleinikoff | Music Director | 
| Sidney Cutner | Orchestrator | 
| Mary Stuart | Stand In | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Dudley Nichols | Producer | 
| Jean Renoir | Producer | 
| Eugène Lourié | Associate Producer | 
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actor | George Coulouris | Won | 
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