The film pivots around the local Norwegian doctor and his family. The doctor's wife (Ruth Gordon) wants to hold on to the pretence of gracious living and ignore their German occupiers. The doctor, Martin Stensgard (Walter Huston), would also prefer to stay neutral, but is torn. His brother-in-law, the wealthy owner of the local fish cannery, collaborates with the Nazis. The doctor's daughter, Karen (Ann Sheridan), is involved with the resistance and with its leader Gunnar Brogge (Errol Flynn). The doctor's son has just returned to town, having been sent down from the university, and is soon influenced by his Nazi-sympathizer uncle. Captain Koenig (Helmut Dantine), the young German commandant of the occupying garrison, whose fanatic determination to do everything by the book and spoutings about the invincibility of the Reich hides a growing fear of a local uprising.
Edge of Darkness has generally received mixed reviews.
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Edge of Darkness was released in 1943 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 641 reviews, giving Edge of Darkness (1943) an average rating of 60%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 63% and users giving an average score of 63%.
With a score of 60%, Edge of Darkness is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1943, which stands at 60%.
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