Summer Storm
Don't Go Near This Woman! Nothing So Beautiful Was Ever So Deadly!
1944 | 106m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Douglas Sirk |
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| Writer: | Douglas Sirk, Anton Chekhov, Robert Thoeren, Rowland Leigh |
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| It's a tale of power and passions when a Russian siren, who wants the finer things in life, sinks her hooks into a judge, a decadent aristocrat and an estate superintendent, with surprising results. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 14, 1944 |
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| Director: | Douglas Sirk |
| Writer: | Douglas Sirk, Anton Chekhov, Robert Thoeren, Rowland Leigh |
| Genres: | Drama |
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| Production Companies | Nero Films, Angelus Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| George Sanders | Fedja Michailovitch Petroff |
| Linda Darnell | Olga Kuzminichna Urbenin |
| Anna Lee | Nadina Kalenin |
| Edward Everett Horton | Count "Piggy" Volsky |
| Hugo Haas | Anton Urbenin |
| Laurie Lane | Clara Heller |
| John Philliber | Polycarp |
| Sig Ruman | Kuzma |
| John Abbott | Lunin |
| Mary Servoss | Mrs. Kalenin |
| André Charlot | Mr. Kalenin |
| Robert Greig | Gregory |
| Nina Koshetz | Gypsy Singer |
| Paul Hurst | Orloff |
| Charles Trowbridge | Doctor |
| Don Brodie | Bit Player (uncredited) |
| Jimmy Conlin | Man Mailing Letter (uncredited) |
| Byron Foulger | Clerk in Newspaper Office (uncredited) |
| John Kelly | Bit Player (uncredited) |
| Kate MacKenna | Woman with Umbrella (uncredited) |
| Mike Mazurki | Tall Policeman Bending Over Petroff (uncredited) |
| Sharon McManus | Beggar Child (uncredited) |
| Fred Nurney | Judge in Kharkov (uncredited) |
| Frank Orth | Cafe Maitre d' at End (uncredited) |
| Sarah Padden | Beggar Woman (uncredited) |
| Constance Purdy | Dinner Guest (uncredited) |
| Elizabeth Russell | Dinner Guest Offended by Kuzma (uncredited) |
| Ann Staunton | Dinner Guest (uncredited) |
| Charles Wagenheim | Bit Part (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Douglas Sirk | Adaptation, Writer, Director |
| Anton Chekhov | Novel |
| Richard de Wesse | Sound Recordist |
| Walter Mayo | Production Manager |
| Archie Stout | Director of Photography |
| Eugen Schüfftan | Director of Photography |
| William McGarry | Assistant Director |
| Richard DeWeese | Sound Recordist |
| Fred Lau | Sound |
| Gregg Tallas | Editorial Services |
| Karl Hajos | Music Director, Original Music Composer |
| Robert Thoeren | Additional Dialogue, Writer |
| Rowland Leigh | Screenplay |
| Rudi Feld | Art Direction |
| Max Pretzfelder | Costume Design |
| Lon Anthony | Costume Design |
| Emile Kuri | Set Decoration |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Rudolf S. Joseph | Associate Producer |
| Seymour Nebenzal | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 4 |
| 2024 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 3 |
| 2024 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Trending Position
George Sanders is the local magistrate "Petroff" in Czarist Russia in 1912. He is contentedly engaged to his rather uninspiring fiancée "Nadena" (Anna Lee) when he encounters the temptress peasant "Olga" (Linda Darnell). She quite literally knocks this otherwise pillar of the community figure off hi ... s feet much to the chagrin of "Nadena" who tells him to get lost. Turns out, "Olga" is a bit of a gold-digger, and when she has an affair with his close friend "Count Volsky" (Edward Everett Horton), "Petroff" is livid - and tragedy ensues. It's based on the Chekhov "Shooting Party" play and is a fair adaptation at that. Sanders and Darnell are well matched by director Douglas Sirk and the machinations of all concerned flow quite well. The production is a bit on the basic side, I'm not sure I recall any outside scenarios, but there is a good supporting cast (Hugo Haas and the usually reliable John Abbott) and the arrival of the Russian Revolution adds an extra twist to what can be, at times, just a little too melodramatic a romance. No, it isn't a great film - but it is quite enjoyable.