
The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. After the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Breitner, a family friend, is caught up in the turmoil.
Cast

Margaret Sullavan
Freya Roth

James Stewart
Martin Breitner

Robert Young
Fritz Marberg

Frank Morgan
Professor Victor Roth

Robert Stack
Otto Von Rohn

Bonita Granville
Elsa

Irene Rich
Mrs. Roth

William T. Orr
Erich Von Rohn

Maria Ouspenskaya
Mrs. Breitner

Gene Reynolds
Rudi

Russell Hicks
Rector

William Edmunds
Lehman

Esther Dale
Marta

Dan Dailey
Holl

Granville Bates
Professor Berg

Thomas W. Ross
Professor Werner

Ward Bond
Franz

Harry Depp
2nd Colleague

Julius Tannen
3rd Colleague
Gus Glassmire
4th Colleague

Rudolph Anders
Gestapo Official Hartman

Max Davidson
Old Postman

Tom Drake
Second Classroom Scene

Dick Elliott
Passport Official on Train

William Irving
Cafe Waiter
Ted Oliver
Concentration Camp Guard

Lucien Prival
Passport Official on Train

Dick Rich
Guard

Bert Roach
Fat Song Leader in Cafe

Bodil Rosing
Old Woman on Train
John Stark
Gestapo Official
Robert R. Stephenson
Gestapo Guard

William Tannen
Nazi Clerk

Henry Victor
Gestapo Official Confiscating Book on Train
Frank Whitbeck
Trailer Announcer (voice)
Robert Willey
Student Speaking in Latin
Sue Moore
Theresa

Howard Lang
Unknown
Crew

Frank Borzage
Director, Producer
George Froeschel
Screenplay
Hans Rameau
Screenplay
Claudine West
Screenplay
Phyllis Bottome
Novel
Elmo Veron
Editor

William H. Daniels
Director of Photography
Leonard Smith
Director of Photography
Lloyd Knechtel
Director of Photography
Victor Saville
Producer
Gile Steele
Costume Design

Adrian
Costume Design
Eugene Zador
Original Music Composer

Bronislau Kaper
Original Music Composer

Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration

Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
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