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Drama

Summer Storm

- Don't Go Near This Woman! Nothing So Beautiful Was Ever So Deadly!

It's a tale of power and passions when a Russian siren, who wants the finer things in life, sinks her hooks into a judge, a decadent aristocrat and an estate superintendent, with surprising results.

Release Date : 1944-07-14

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Angelus ProductionsNero Films

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

George Sanders

Character Name : Fedja Michailovitch Petroff

Original Name : George Sanders

Gender : Male

Linda Darnell

Character Name : Olga Kuzminichna Urbenin

Original Name : Linda Darnell

Gender : Female

Anna Lee

Character Name : Nadina Kalenin

Original Name : Anna Lee

Gender : Female

Edward Everett Horton

Character Name : Count "Piggy" Volsky

Original Name : Edward Everett Horton

Gender : Male

Hugo Haas

Character Name : Anton Urbenin

Original Name : Hugo Haas

Gender : Male

Laurie Lane

Character Name : Clara Heller

Original Name : Laurie Lane

Gender : Female

John Philliber

Character Name : Polycarp

Original Name : John Philliber

Gender : Male

Sig Ruman

Character Name : Kuzma

Original Name : Sig Ruman

Gender : Male

John Abbott

Character Name : Lunin

Original Name : John Abbott

Gender : Male

Mary Servoss

Character Name : Mrs. Kalenin

Original Name : Mary Servoss

Gender : Female

André Charlot

Character Name : Mr. Kalenin

Original Name : André Charlot

Gender : Male

Robert Greig

Character Name : Gregory

Original Name : Robert Greig

Gender : Male

Nina Koshetz

Character Name : Gypsy Singer

Original Name : Nina Koshetz

Gender : Female

Paul Hurst

Character Name : Orloff

Original Name : Paul Hurst

Gender : Male

Charles Trowbridge

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : Charles Trowbridge

Gender : Male

Don Brodie

Character Name : Bit Player (uncredited)

Original Name : Don Brodie

Gender : Male

Jimmy Conlin

Character Name : Man Mailing Letter (uncredited)

Original Name : Jimmy Conlin

Gender : Male

Byron Foulger

Character Name : Clerk in Newspaper Office (uncredited)

Original Name : Byron Foulger

Gender : Male

John Kelly

Character Name : Bit Player (uncredited)

Original Name : John Kelly

Gender : Male

Kate MacKenna

Character Name : Woman with Umbrella (uncredited)

Original Name : Kate MacKenna

Gender : Female

Mike Mazurki

Character Name : Tall Policeman Bending Over Petroff (uncredited)

Original Name : Mike Mazurki

Gender : Male

Sharon McManus

Character Name : Beggar Child (uncredited)

Original Name : Sharon McManus

Gender : Female

Fred Nurney

Character Name : Judge in Kharkov (uncredited)

Original Name : Fred Nurney

Gender : Male

Frank Orth

Character Name : Cafe Maitre d' at End (uncredited)

Original Name : Frank Orth

Gender : Male

Sarah Padden

Character Name : Beggar Woman (uncredited)

Original Name : Sarah Padden

Gender : Female

Constance Purdy

Character Name : Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : Constance Purdy

Gender : Female

Elizabeth Russell

Character Name : Dinner Guest Offended by Kuzma (uncredited)

Original Name : Elizabeth Russell

Gender : Female

Ann Staunton

Character Name : Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : Ann Staunton

Gender : Female

Charles Wagenheim

Character Name : Bit Part (uncredited)

Original Name : Charles Wagenheim

Gender : Male

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-04-04

George Sanders is the local magistrate "Petroff" in Czarist Russia in 1912. He is contentedly engaged to his rather uninspiring fiancée "Nadena" (Anna Lee) when he encounters the temptress peasant "Olga" (Linda Darnell). She quite literally knocks this otherwise pillar of the community figure off his feet much to the chagrin of "Nadena" who tells him to get lost. Turns out, "Olga" is a bit of a gold-digger, and when she has an affair with his close friend "Count Volsky" (Edward Everett Horton), "Petroff" is livid - and tragedy ensues. It's based on the Chekhov "Shooting Party" play and is a fair adaptation at that. Sanders and Darnell are well matched by director Douglas Sirk and the machinations of all concerned flow quite well. The production is a bit on the basic side, I'm not sure I recall any outside scenarios, but there is a good supporting cast (Hugo Haas and the usually reliable John Abbott) and the arrival of the Russian Revolution adds an extra twist to what can be, at times, just a little too melodramatic a romance. No, it isn't a great film - but it is quite enjoyable.