Everything Is Thunder

Everything Is Thunder
Everything Is Thunder
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Directed by	Milton Rosmer
Written by	Jocelyn Lee Hardy (novel); Marion Dix; J. O. C. Orton;
Produced by	S.C. Balcon
Starring	Constance Bennett; Douglass Montgomery; Oskar Homolka; Roy Emerton;
Cinematography	Günther Krampf
Edited by	Charles Saunders
Music by	Louis Levy; Jack Beaver;
Production; company	Gaumont British
Distributed by	Gaumont British Distributors
Release date	1 October 1936[citation needed];
Running time	76 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; United States
Language	English

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.

Plot

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

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.

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

^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | EVERYTHING IS THUNDER (1936)". Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
^ 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.)

External links

Everything Is Thunder at IMDb

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[1] "BFI | Film & TV Database | EVERYTHING IS THUNDER (1936)". Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2010.

[2] 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.)

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