This Above All (1942)

Directed by

Anatole Litvak

Genre

drama film, war film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman from an upper-class English family falls in love with a soldier from a working-class background during World War II. They struggle with the difference in their social positions and his conflicted feelings about the war.

romanticwartimeclass-consciousyearningmelancholicdramaticideologicalpoignant

What happens

This Above All is a 1942 American romance film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Tyrone Power and Joan Fontaine as a couple from different social classes who fall in love in wartime England. The supporting cast features Thomas Mitchell, Nigel Bruce, and Gladys Cooper. Set in World War II, the film is adapted from Eric Knight's 1941 novel of the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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