ID

FBW001093      Fiction

Country / Year

USA, 1944

Original Title

In Our Time

Directed by

Vincent Sherman

Produced by

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

Staff

Producer: Jerry Wald; Script: Ellis St. Joseph, Howard Koch; Camera: Carl E. Guthrie; Editing: Rudi Fehr; Art direction: Hugh Reticker; Set decoration: Casey Roberts; Music: Leo F. Forbstein; Musical arrangements: Frank Waxman

Cast

Ida Lupino (Jennifer Whittredge); Paul Henreid (Count Stephen Orvid); Nancy Coleman (Janina Orvid); Mary Boland (Mrs. Bromley); Victor Francen (Count Pavel Orvid); Alla Nazimova (Zofya Orvid); Michael Chekhov (Uncle Leopold); Marek Windheim (Antique Dealer); Ivan Triesault (Bujanski); John Bleifer (Wladek); Lotte Palfi (Wanda); Wolfgang Zilzer (Father Josef); Richard Ordynski (Pyotr); Leonid Snegoff (Conductor); Shimen Ruskin (Bartender); Max Willenz (Headwaiter); Mary Landa (Flower Girl); Alex Akimoff (Wine Seller); Frank Reicher (Count Jarsky); Michael Visaroff (Dr. Kowalik); Sylvia Arslan (Nanetchka); Sonia Levkova (Graffina's Daughter); Mici Goty (Graffina)

Length

109'

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Abstract

Jennifer Whittredge is an English woman accompanying her friend Mrs. Bromley on a trip to Warsaw. There she meets Polish Count Stephen Orvid who falls in love with her. Despite the objections of his family, the two marry and settle on Orvid's family farm. But war soon comes and the farm is burned to the ground by the Nazis. Orvid and Jennifer Whittredge know that Poland will one day rise again, however.

Subject Terms

Anti-Nazi films (US); War; Poland; Warsaw

Bibliography

- , in: Variety, 02.02.1944
- 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