ID

FBW000485      Fiction

Country / Year

USA, 1941

Original Title

Underground

Directed by

Vincent Sherman

Produced by

Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., Burbank, CA / New York, NY

Staff

Producer: William Jacobs; Executive producer: Jack L. Warner, Hal B. Wallis; Script: Charles Grayson; Based on: Oliver H.P. Garrett, Edwin Justus Meyer; Camera: Sid Hickox; Editing: Thomas Pratt; Sound: Charles Lang; Art direction: Charles Novi; Costumes: Damon Giffard; Makeup: Perc Westmore; Music: Adolph Deutsch; Musical direction: Leo F. Forbstein

Cast

Jeffrey Lynn (Kurt Franken); Philip Dorn (Eric Franken); Karen Verne (Sylvia Helmuth); Mona Maris (Fraulein Gessner); Peter Whitney (Alex); Martin Kosleck (Heller); Erwin Kalser (Dr. Franken); Ilka Grüning (Frau Franken); Frank Reicher (Prof. Baumer); Egon Brecher (Herr Director); Ludwig Stoessel (als: Ludwig Stossel) (Herr Muller); Hans Schumm (Heller's Aide); Wolfgang Zilzer (Hoffman); Lisa Golm (Ella); Roland Varno (Ernst Demmler); Henry Brandon (Rolf); Lotte Palfi (Greta Rolf); Lutz Altschul (als: Louis Arco) (Otto); Lionel Royce (Captain); Roland Drew (Gestapo); Rudolf Amendt-Anders (Official); Ernst Hausman (Rudd); Carl Ottmar (Official); Paul Panzer (Janitor); Willy Kaufman (Customer); Ludwig Hardt (Clerk); Hans Wollenberger (News Vendor); Lester Alden (Herr Krantz); Henry Rowland (Paul); John Piffl (Herr Mazel); Ernö Verebes (Head Waiter); Hans Conried (Herman); David Hoffman (Willi); Edit Angold (Cashier); William von Brincken (Capt. Bornsdorff); Norbert Schiller (Blind Man); Glen Cavender (Man); Louis Alden (Attendant); Gretl Sherk (Landlady); Arno Frey (Guard); Walter Bonn (Lieutenant); Rolf Lindau (Radio Man); Fred Giermann (Radio Man); Crane Whitley (Gestapo Man); Henry Victor (Gestapo Man); Hans von Morhart (Gestapo Man); Otto Reichow (Gestapo Man); Bob Stevenson (Gestapo Man)

Length

95'

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Dates

- 18 Jun 1941: US release date
- 21 Jun 1941: US release date, New York, NY (Globe)

Abstract

The conflict is between two brothers in the Nazi regime, one of whom exposes the evils of the system to the other and finally convinces him of the immoral stance that marches under the symbol of the swastika.

Subject Terms

Anti-Nazi films (US)

Bibliography

- , in: Variety, 25.06.1941
- Schwab, Lothar (Red.): Exil. Sechs Schauspieler aus Deutschland. Wolgang Zilzer (Paul Andor), Bd. 6, Berlin/West: Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek, 1983
- Nash, Ray R. / Ross, Stanley R. / Conelly, Robert B. (Ed.): Motion Picture Guide. Chicago, IL: Cinebooks, 1987