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This Land Is Mine (1943) 7.5
A mild-mannered schoolteacher in a Nazi occupied town during WWII finds himself being torn between collaboration and resistance. Director:Jean RenoirWriter:Dudley Nichols (screenplay) |
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Albert Lory
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| Maureen O'Hara | ... |
Louise Martin
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| George Sanders | ... |
George Lambert
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Walter Slezak | ... |
Major Erich von Keller
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Kent Smith | ... |
Paul Martin
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Mrs. Emma Lory
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Philip Merivale | ... |
Professor Sorel
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Thurston Hall | ... |
Mayor Henry Manville
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George Coulouris | ... |
Prosecutor
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Nancy Gates | ... |
Julie Grant
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Ivan F. Simpson | ... |
Judge
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John Donat | ... |
Edmund Lorraine
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In a Nazi-occupied French town, meek and mild-mannered teacher Albert Lory lives with his mother. Few people, including his students, have any respect for him and he literally shakes in his boots during an air raid. He is quite friendly with his fellow teacher, Louise Martin and her brother Paul who also happen to be neighbors. If truth be told, Albert is quite in love with Louise but she is in a relationship with George Lambert and he feels she is quite beyond his reach. Paul is a member of the resistance and is killed when Lambert informs the Nazis. Outraged at what he's done, Albert arrives at Lambert's office just as the informer commits suicide. Albert is charged with murder but the local Nazi commander, Major Erich von Keller, offers him a deal: if Albert agrees to remain silent rather then continue a speech in his own defense which is arousing fellow citizens, he will ensure a not guilty verdict. Albert returns to the courtroom and in an act of bravery urges his fellow citizens... Written by garykmcd
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Country:
USARelease Date:
7 May 1943 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Esta Terra é Minha See more »Company Credits
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Mono (RCA Sound System)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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Louise Martin: Every factory and railroad in Europe is Germany, Mrs. Lory, until the Germans are driven out.
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(1838) (uncredited)
Music by Friedrich Silcher (1838)
Poem by Heinrich Heine (1823)
Played on accordion by Kent Smith and sung by the German soldiers
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"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 24, 1944 with Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Hara reprising their film roles. See more »Goofs
In the initial scenes on the village, an advertisement for War Bonds can be seen on a wall. Although the French government sought funds from its population during the First World War (through National Defense Loans), it would not have occurred in the Second World War as France was so quickly defeated and occupied. The advertisement in this movie therefore is more likely to be a near-subliminal appeal to the American population to purchase War Bonds to support the US effort. See more »Quotes
Mrs. Emma Lory: Why don't they bomb Germany, young woman?Louise Martin: Every factory and railroad in Europe is Germany, Mrs. Lory, until the Germans are driven out.
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Soundtracks
"Die Lorelei"(1838) (uncredited)
Music by Friedrich Silcher (1838)
Poem by Heinrich Heine (1823)
Played on accordion by Kent Smith and sung by the German soldiers
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Here is a film that everyone should see. It is real and sublime and
each character in the picture has a growth arc that is fascinating to
watch. Charles Laughton is the master in this as we see him as
the town coward a man afraid of everything. An older man who has
learned little of life and less about expressing his love for his
school teaching colleague played by O'Hara.
Laughton learns hard lessons as the film progresses. Walter Slezak's portrayal of a Nazi officer in
charge of the French town is marvelous. He captures the nature of
the will of Fascism and it's unrelenting and sinister application of
pure power using the minds of men. George Sanders, is the
businessman who makes sure things work for the Germans, who
doesn't strain over the matter of occupation by the Nazis until he is
forced to reveal his best friend is the saboteur fighting the
occupation. There is so much more in this film that deals with
oppression and the only way to fight it.
I love this film.