Since You Went Away (1944)

Directed by

John Cromwell, Tay Garnett, Edward F. Cline, David O. Selznick

Genre

drama film, war film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 55 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During World War II, a family in a small American town near a military base adjusts to having their loved ones away at war. The film shows how they deal with loneliness, grief, and hope while contributing to the war effort at home.

sentimentalsomberemotionalmelancholicreflectiveslow-pacedearnestpoignant

What happens

Since You Went Away is a 1944 American epic drama film directed by John Cromwell for Selznick International Pictures and distributed by United Artists. It is an epic about the US home front during World War II that was adapted and produced by David O. Selznick from the 1943 novel Since You Went Away: Letters to a Soldier from His Wife by Margaret Buell Wilder. The music score was by Max Steiner, and the cinematography by Stanley Cortez, Lee Garmes, George Barnes (uncredited), and Robert Bruce (uncredited). The film is set in a mid-sized American town, where people with loved ones in the armed forces try to cope with their changed circumstances and make their own contributions to the war effort. The town is near a military base, and some of the characters are troops serving Stateside. Though sentimental in places, Since You Went Away is somber at times about the effects of war on ordinary people. Some characters on the home front are dealing with grief, loneliness, or fear for the future. Wounded and disabled troops are shown in the hospital scenes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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