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title: "The Mortal Storm: cast and crew"
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cast: 38
crew: 17
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# The Mortal Storm (1940): cast and crew

38 cast and 17 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Margaret Sullavan](https://film.one/person/margaret-sullavan.md) as Freya Roth
- [James Stewart](https://film.one/person/james-stewart.md) as Martin Breitner
- [Robert Young](https://film.one/person/robert-young-14868.md) as Fritz Marberg
- [Frank Morgan](https://film.one/person/frank-morgan.md) as Professor Victor Roth
- [Robert Stack](https://film.one/person/robert-stack.md) as Otto Von Rohn
- [Bonita Granville](https://film.one/person/bonita-granville.md) as Elsa
- [Irene Rich](https://film.one/person/irene-rich.md) as Mrs. Roth
- [William T. Orr](https://film.one/person/william-t-orr.md) as Erich Von Rohn
- [Maria Ouspenskaya](https://film.one/person/maria-ouspenskaya.md) as Mrs. Breitner
- [Gene Reynolds](https://film.one/person/gene-reynolds.md) as Rudi
- [Russell Hicks](https://film.one/person/russell-hicks-13969.md) as Rector
- [William Edmunds](https://film.one/person/william-edmunds.md) as Lehman
- [Esther Dale](https://film.one/person/esther-dale.md) as Marta
- Dan Dailey as Holl
- [Granville Bates](https://film.one/person/granville-bates.md) as Professor Berg
- Thomas W. Ross as Professor Werner
- [Ward Bond](https://film.one/person/ward-bond.md) as Franz
- Harry Depp as 2nd Colleague
- Julius Tannen as 3rd Colleague
- Gus Glassmire as 4th Colleague
- Rudolph Anders as Gestapo Official Hartman
- Max Davidson as Old Postman
- [Tom Drake](https://film.one/person/tom-drake.md) as Second Classroom Scene
- Dick Elliott as Passport Official on Train
- William Irving as Cafe Waiter
- Ted Oliver as Concentration Camp Guard
- [Lucien Prival](https://film.one/person/lucien-prival.md) as Passport Official on Train
- Dick Rich as Guard
- [Bert Roach](https://film.one/person/bert-roach.md) as Fat Song Leader in Cafe
- [Bodil Rosing](https://film.one/person/bodil-rosing.md) as Old Woman on Train
- John Stark as Gestapo Official
- Robert R. Stephenson as Gestapo Guard
- William Tannen as Nazi Clerk
- [Henry Victor](https://film.one/person/henry-victor.md) as Gestapo Official Confiscating Book on Train
- Frank Whitbeck as Trailer Announcer (voice)
- Robert Willey as Student Speaking in Latin
- Sue Moore as Theresa
- Howard Lang

## Directing

- [Frank Borzage](https://film.one/person/frank-borzage.md): Director

## Writing

- [Hans Rameau](https://film.one/person/hans-rameau.md): Screenplay
- [Claudine West](https://film.one/person/claudine-west.md): Screenplay
- Phyllis Bottome: Novel
- [George Froeschel](https://film.one/person/george-froeschel.md): Screenplay

## Production

- [Victor Saville](https://film.one/person/victor-saville.md): Producer
- [Frank Borzage](https://film.one/person/frank-borzage.md): Producer

## Camera

- [William H. Daniels](https://film.one/person/william-h-daniels.md): Director of Photography
- [Lloyd Knechtel](https://film.one/person/lloyd-knechtel.md): Director of Photography
- [Leonard Smith](https://film.one/person/leonard-smith.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Elmo Veron](https://film.one/person/elmo-veron.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Bronislau Kaper](https://film.one/person/bronislau-kaper.md): Original Music Composer
- [Eugene Zador](https://film.one/person/eugene-zador.md): Original Music Composer

## Art

- [Cedric Gibbons](https://film.one/person/cedric-gibbons.md): Art Direction
- Edwin B. Willis: Set Decoration

## Costume and make-up

- [Adrian](https://film.one/person/adrian.md): Costume Design
- [Gile Steele](https://film.one/person/gile-steele.md): Costume Design

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