SO ENDS OUR NIGHT (DVD/1.33/1942) DVD

So Ends Our Night
The Nazis are clearly the villains in So Ends Our Night, but since the film was made before America's entry into World War II, Adolph Hitler goes unmentioned (we wouldn't want to lose those foreign markets, would we?) Based on Erich Maria Remarque's novel Flotsam, the film zeroes in on three German refugees. Frederic March despises the Nazis on ideological grounds; Margaret Sullavan, a Jew, is fleeing for her life; and Glenn Ford, born of a Jewish mother and Aryan father, is racked with confusion and torn loyalties. The three separate as they move from country to country in Europe, just a step or so ahead of the advancing Nazis. As Sullavan and Ford fall in love, March puts his life on the line by trying to arrange a reunion with his ailing wife Frances Dee, who has remained in Germany. Had So Ends Our Night been released a few months after the US entry into the war, it might have done better at the box office. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast Fredric March as Josef Steiner Margaret Sullavan as Ruth Holland Frances Dee as Marie Steiner Glenn Ford as Ludwig Kern Anna Sten as Lilo Erich Von Stroheim as Brenner Allan Brett as Marcel Joseph Cawthorn as Patzlock Leonid Kinskey as The Chicken Alexander Granach as The Pole Roman Bohnen as Mr. Kern Sig Rumann as Ammers William Stack as Prof. Meyer Lionel Royce as Barnekrogg Ernst Deutsch as Dr. Behr Spencer Charters as Swiss Policeman Hans Schumm as Kobel Walter O. Stahl as Police Captain Philip Van Zandt as Bachman Fredrik Vogeding as Gestapo Colonel Joe E. Marks as The Bird James Bush as Herbert Emory Parnell as Weiss Kate MacKenna as Mrs. Ammers Edith Angold as Ammera' Sister-in-Law Edward Fielding as Durant William Von Brincken as German Official Lisa Golm as The Pale Woman Adolph Milar as Black Pig Proprietor

Crew Jack Otterson - Art Director John Cromwell - Director William H. Reynolds - Editor Louis Gruenberg - Composer (Music Score) William Cameron Menzies - Production Designer William H. Daniels - Cinematographer Albert Lewin - Producer David L. Loew - Producer Jack Cosgrove - Special Effects Talbot Jennings - Screenwriter Erich Maria Remarque - Screenwriter Erich Maria Remarque - Book Author

So Ends Our Night
(not reviewed)
 

Louis Gruenberg: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Dramatic Score (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: Sound Processing: DD2: Dolby Digital Stereo Additional Features: Scene selection Bios Promo trailer DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard MPAA Rating: NR DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: All Content Length: 117 min   DVD Chapters: Disc #1 -- So Ends Our Night 1. House Raid [6:34] 2. Interrogation [4:10] 3. In Jail [6:24] 4. To the Border [8:18] 5. The Passport [6:47] 6. The Road to Prague [3:16] 7. Meeting Rut [9:14] 8. Temporary Goodbyes [6:24] 9. Reunion in Vienna [8:47] 10. Deported Again [3:27] 11. Zurich [8:17] 12. Journey Through Switzerland [7:22] 13. Separated Once More [6:25] 14. Old Friends in Paris [6:31] 15. Found by a Letter [5:50] 16. Dangerous Passage [7:42] 17. Precious Time [5:55] 18. Finally Free? [5:09]