The Mortal Storm

The Mortal Storm

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Release Date

6/20/1940

Runtime

100 mins

Genres

Overview

The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. After the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Breitner, a family friend, is caught up in the turmoil.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A quietly devastating portrait of how totalitarianism fractures a close-knit family from within. The film watches comfortable domesticity curdle into betrayal and fear as ideology poisons relationships that once felt unbreakable.

Mood

Dread-soakedMelancholicTense

Themes

FamilyPowerIdentityCorruptionComing apart

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

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Racial violence

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The Mortal Storm (1940) directed by Frank Borzage | FirstCinema