Pastor Hall (1940)This film is based on the true story of Pastor Martin Neimuller, who was sent to Dachau concentration camp for criticising the Nazi party. The small German village of Altdorf in the 1930's ... See full summary » Director:Roy Boulting |
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Title: Pastor Hall (1940)
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Wilfrid Lawson | ... |
Pastor Frederick Hall
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Nova Pilbeam | ... |
Christine Hall
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Seymour Hicks | ... |
General von Grotjahn
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Marius Goring | ... |
Fritz Gerte
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Brian Worth | ... |
Werner von Grotjahn
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Percy Walsh | ... |
Herr Veit
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Lina Barrie | ... |
Lina Veit
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Eliot Makeham | ... |
Pippermann
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Peter Cotes | ... |
Erwin Kohn
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Edmund Willard | ... |
Freundlich
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Hay Petrie | ... |
Nazi Pastor
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Heinrich Degan
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D.J. Williams |
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Manning Whiley | ... |
Vogel
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This film is based on the true story of Pastor Martin Neimuller, who was sent to Dachau concentration camp for criticising the Nazi party. The small German village of Altdorf in the 1930's has to come to terms with Chancellor Hitler and the arrival of a platoon of Stormtroopers (preceded by a flock of sheep - subtle). The Stormtrooper go about teaching and enforcing 'The New Order' but Pastor Hall is a kind and gentle man who won't be cowed. Some villagers join the Nazi party avidly, some just go along with things, hoping for a quiet life but Pastor Hall takes his convictions to the pulpit. Written by Steve Crook <steve@brainstorm.co.uk>
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13 September 1940 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Flammen i mørket See more »Company Credits
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Heinrich Degan: Well, it's a job, Herr Pastor. I've been out of work so long.
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This film was officially banned in Chicago by the city's police censor board, which deemed it "exceedingly controversial." See more »Quotes
Pastor Frederick Hall: Oh you're a stormtrooper now, are you?Heinrich Degan: Well, it's a job, Herr Pastor. I've been out of work so long.
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This is a fine film which essentially chronicles the early takeover of Germany by the Nazi Party. It tells the true story of a German pastor who stands up to the Nazi Machine. In many ways it tells the early story of the origins of resistance movements to totalitarian and evil regimes. It also is well acted and realistically portrayed. It unfortunately is extremely rare.