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Play Sound I'm afraid this is my last class. I don't know how much time I have. If this must be a short lesson. I think I've found the best book. It was given to me by Professor Sorel. The only reason it wasn't burnt with the others. is because I hid it away in my bedroom I'm going to read you something that was written by great men. Written in a night of enthusiasm. a long time ago a 150 years ago These men came from all classes.
I'm afraid this is my last class. I don't know how much time I have. If this must be a short lesson. I think I've found the best book. It was given to me by Professor Sorel. The only reason it wasn't burnt with the others. is because I hid it away in my bedroom I'm going to read you something that was written by great men. Written in a night of enthusiasm. a long time ago a 150 years ago These men came from all classes.

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Description: A mild-mannered school teacher in a Nazi-occupied town during WWII finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance.

Cast:
Albert Lory: Charles Laughton
Louise Martin: Maureen O'Hara
George Lambert: George Sanders
Major Erich von Keller: Walter Slezak
Paul Martin: Kent Smith
Emma Lory: Una O'Connor
Professor Sorel: Philip Merivale
Mayor Henry Manville: Thurston Hall
Prosecutor: George Coulouris
Julie Grant: Nancy Gates
Judge: David Kirkland
Edmund Lorraine: John Donat
German Second Lieutenant: Philip Ahlm
Captain Schwartz: Frank Alten
German Sergeant: George Sorel
Young Woman: Joan Barclay
Courtroom Guard Who Brings Albert's Notes: Trevor Bardette
Emily: Linda Bieber
Pug-nosed School Bully: Tommy Bond
German Soldier: Nicholas Vehr
Little Fat Man: Leo Bulgakov
Courtroom Spectator: Bobby Burns
Mr. Noble: George M. Carleton
Mr. Lorraine: Wheaton Chambers
First Lieutenant: Gordon B. Clarke
Mayor's Secretary: John Dilson
German Captain: Jack Martin
Old Woman: Mildred Hardy
Kurt: Hans Fuerberg
Undetermined Role: Bob Thom
Priest: Ernest Grooney
Girl: Terrellyne Johnson
Man Knocked Down on Sidewalk: Sam Harris
Woman in Window: June Pickerell
Victor: Otto Hoffman
Man with Paper on Street: Lloyd Ingraham
Man in Window: Elmer Jerome
Boy: Casey Johnson
Woman on Street: Jeanne Lafayette
German First Lieutenant: Gabriel Lenoff
Clerk: Oscar Loraine
Juror: Frank O'Connor
Chief of Police: George MacQuarrie
Man in Courtroom: Hal Malone
Woman in Bathroom: Claire McDowell
Policeman: Ed McNamara
Officer in Crowd Viewing Arrest of Printers: Edward McNamara
Boy in Classroom: Freddie Mercer
German Chauffeur: Hans Moebus
Henry: O'Neill Nolan
Night Switchman: William J. O'Brien
Woman in Street: Ida Shoemaker
Old Man: Lon Poff
Burly Cop: Jack Shea
Karl: Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
German Sergeant Who Pushes Albert: Hans Schumm
German Sergeant on Street: Robert R. Stephenson
Newsman: Gus Taillon
Soldier Who Gets Slapped: Hans von Morhart
Mrs. Lorraine: Cecil Weston
Otto: William Yetter Sr.

Written by: Dudley Nichols, Jean Renoir

Director: Jean Renoir

Production: RKO Radio Pictures Inc.

Release date: 07 May 1943