Everything Is Thunder
Everything Is Thunder is a 1936 British thriller film directed by Milton Rosmer and starring Constance Bennett, Douglass Montgomery and Oskar Homolka.[1] Its plot concerns a British officer who attempts to escape from a German Prisoner of War camp during the First World War.
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| Directed by | Milton Rosmer |
| Produced by | S.C. Balcon |
| Written by | Jocelyn Lee Hardy (novel) Marion Dix J.O.C. Orton |
| Starring | Constance Bennett Douglass Montgomery Oskar Homolka Roy Emerton |
| Music by | Louis Levy Jack Beaver |
| Cinematography | Günther Krampf |
| Edited by | Charles Saunders |
Production company | Gaumont British |
| Distributed by | Gaumont British Distributors |
Release date | 1 October 1936 |
Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
Production
The film was based on a novel by Jocelyn Lee Hardy. It was made at Lime Grove Studios in London. The film's art direction was by Alfred Junge.
Cast
- Constance Bennett as Anna von Stucknadel
- Douglass Montgomery as Hugh McGrath
- Oskar Homolka as Detective Schenck Götz
- Roy Emerton as Kostner
- Frederick Lloyd as Muller
- Peggy Simpson as Mitzi
- George Merritt as Webber
- Robert Atkins as Adjutant
- Terence Downing as Spicer
- Clifford Bartlett as Glendhill
- Albert Chevalier as McKenzie
- H.F. Maltby as Burgomaster
- Norman Pierce as Hans
- Frederick Piper as Policeman Denker
- Virginia Isham as War Widow
Reception
Writing for The Spectator in 1936, Graham Greene gave the film a generally good review, describing it as "good entertainment, very ably directed and admirably acted by two of its three international stars". Greene deigns to praise the starring acting of Constance Bennett, however he attributes the lack of acting to the complexities involved in avoiding the British Board of Film Censors. Comparing the novel upon which the film is based and the film itself, Greene notes the superiority of the novel over the film which lacked a psychological element, and concludes that "the book was not sentimental: the film is".[2]
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Greene, Graham (21 August 1936). "Everything is Thunder/Die Kribbebijter". The Spectator. (reprinted in: Taylor, John Russell, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. pp. 94–95. ISBN 0192812866.)