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The North Star

  • 1943
  • Passed
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
1.7K
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Dana Andrews and Anne Baxter in The North Star (1943)
DramaRomanceWar

A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941.A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941.A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941.

  • Director
    • Lewis Milestone
  • Writers
    • Lillian Hellman
    • Burt Beck
  • Stars
    • Anne Baxter
    • Dana Andrews
    • Walter Huston
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    1.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Lewis Milestone
    • Writers
      • Lillian Hellman
      • Burt Beck
    • Stars
      • Anne Baxter
      • Dana Andrews
      • Walter Huston
    • 55User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 6 Oscars
      • 6 nominations total

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    Anne Baxter
    Anne Baxter
    • Marina Pavlov
    Dana Andrews
    Dana Andrews
    • Kolya Simonov
    Walter Huston
    Walter Huston
    • Dr. Kurin
    Walter Brennan
    Walter Brennan
    • Karp
    Ann Harding
    Ann Harding
    • Sophia Pavlov
    Jane Withers
    Jane Withers
    • Clavdia Kurin
    Farley Granger
    Farley Granger
    • Damian Simonov
    Erich von Stroheim
    Erich von Stroheim
    • Dr. von Harden
    Dean Jagger
    Dean Jagger
    • Rodion Pavlov
    Eric Roberts
    Eric Roberts
    • Grisha Kurin
    Carl Benton Reid
    Carl Benton Reid
    • Boris Simonov
    Ann Carter
    Ann Carter
    • Olga Pavlov
    Esther Dale
    Esther Dale
    • Anna Kurin
    Ruth Nelson
    Ruth Nelson
    • Nadya Simonov
    Paul Guilfoyle
    Paul Guilfoyle
    • Iakin
    Martin Kosleck
    Martin Kosleck
    • Dr. Richter
    Tonio Selwart
    • German Captain
    Peter Pohlenz
    • German Lieutenant
    • Director
      • Lewis Milestone
    • Writers
      • Lillian Hellman
      • Burt Beck(additional dialogue in new version) (uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      This is one of the films deemed subversive" by the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) in October 1947, at the height of the "Red Scare" era typified by the tactics of Sen. Joseph McCarthy. The committee decided that, even though Russia was an ally of the US against Nazi Germany in World War II--when this film was made--the movie's sympathetic portrayal of Russian peasants and guerrillas who were fighting off Nazi forces was an endorsement of Communism.
    • Goofs
      As the group of children leaves town for Kiev, they are shown walking past the same house twice in succession.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      [the villagers flee their burning town, torched as part of the Russians scorched earth defense]

      Marina Pavlova: Gone.

      Sophia Pavlova, Rodion's wife: There'll be another some day.

      Marina Pavlova: Yes. It will be different for us. Wars don't leave people as they were. All people will learn this and come to see that wars do not have to be. We'll make this the last war. We'll make a free world for all men. The earth belongs to us, the people, if we fight for it. And we will fight for it!

    • Alternate versions
      In 1956, the film was sold to television and re-edited under the title "Armored Attack." 25 minutes were removed, including all references to the word "comrade," and with the help of voice-over narrations, turned the alleged pro-Communist piece into anti-Communist territory.
    • Connections
      Featured in Sprockets: Masters of Menace (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      Song of the Fatherland
      (uncredited)

      Music by Aaron Copland

      Lyrics by Ira Gershwin

    User reviews55

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    7/10
    This film has always haunted me
    My parents took me to see this film at the Rex cinema in Hanworth England in 1943. I was 6 years old! About half way through the film, there was an air raid. We had to leave the cinema and go to a shelter. I remember the story and especially the song, which the children were singing on the cart. The film has been shown many times on television, but I have never been able to watch it. I guess that this must have some connection with the air raid. I am now 74 years old and the film is being shown again on television tomorrow afternoon. I hope to finally be able to watch it all the way through, at long last and lay to rest whatever has prevented me doing so previously.

    I have finally seen this film to the end! Not bad after 68 years. I now realise why it made such an impression on me. In the film, the children and some adults were bombed and machine gunned by aircraft, after jumping from the carts into a ditch. It was at this point that we had to leave the cinema because of an air raid, having just seen children killed on the screen. I had already experienced many air raids at the age of 3 years and 9 months, during the Septmber 1940 Blitz and I still have vivid memories of the bombing, destruction and fires. Am I correct, or is my memory failing in that I believe the original title for the U.K release was 'The Red Star'???
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    • Jan 23, 2011

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    • Release date
      • March 4, 1944 (Mexico)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Armored Attack
    • Filming locations
      • Samuel Goldwyn Studios - 7200 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • The Samuel Goldwyn Company
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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