- This Land Is Mine
Infobox_Film
name = This Land Is Mine
writer = Dudley Nichols (screenplay)
Jean Renoir (uncredited)
starring =Charles Laughton Maureen O'Hara
director =Jean Renoir
producer =Dudley Nichols
music =Lothar Perl Friedrich Silcher
cinematography =Frank Redman
editing =Frederic Knudtson
released =May 7 1943
runtime = 103 min.
language = English
GermanLatin
country =USA
color = black and white
imdb_id = 0036431"This Land Is Mine" is a 1943 war drama set in Nazi-occupied
France and directed byJean Renoir . In the film,Charles Laughton plays Albert Lory, a cowardly school teacher in a small French village who is drawn into the actions of the resistance through his love of his country and fellow schoolteacher Louise Martin, portrayed byMaureen O'Hara .The film is one of more acclaimed of the
propaganda -tinged war films of the era. It won the 1944 Academy Award for Best Sound, Recording. Having opened simultaneously in 72 theaters, the film set a record for gross receipts on an opening day upon itsMay 7 1943 release.Cast
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Charles Laughton "as" Albert Lory
*Maureen O'Hara "as" Louise Martin
* George Sanders "as" George Lambert
*Walter Slezak "as" Major Erich von Keller
*Kent Smith "as" Paul Martin
*Una O'Connor "as" Mrs. Emma Lory
*Philip Merivale "as" Prof. Sorel
*Thurston Hall "as" Mayor ManvilleExternal links
*imdb title|id=0036431
*tcmdb title|id=1400
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