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The village of Altdorf has to come to terms with Chancellor Hitler and the arrival of a platoon of Stormtroopers. The Stormtroopers go about teaching and enforcing "The New Order", but Pastor Hall, a kind and gentle man, won't be cowed. Some villagers join the Nazi party avidly, and some just go along with things, hoping for a quiet life, but Pastor Hall takes his convictions to the pulpit.
Pastor Hall (1940) is a drama film directed by Roy Boulting, released on May 28, 1940 with a runtime of 1h 35m. It stars Wilfrid Lawson, Nova Pilbeam, Seymour Hicks and Marius Goring. Viewers rate it 8.0 out of 10 across 10 ratings.
Wilfrid Lawson
as Pastor Frederick Hall
Nova Pilbeam
as Christine Hall
Seymour Hicks
as General von Grotjahn
Marius Goring
as Fritz Gerte
Brian Worth
as Werner von Grotjahn
Percy Walsh
as Herr Veit
Lina Barrie
as Lina Veit
Eliot Makeham
as Pippermann
Peter Cotes
as Erwin Kohn
Edmund Willard
as Freundlich
Hay Petrie
as Nazi Pastor
Bernard Miles
as Heinrich Degan
Directed by Roy Boulting, written by Anna Reiner, Haworth Bromley and Ernst Toller, produced by John Boulting.
Average viewer score of 8.0/10 from 10 ratings.
This is quite a gruelling film to watch, this one. Wilfrid Lawson is the eponymous minister who lived in a small German village in the 1930s as the Nazi party started on it's inevitable route to power. A decent man, he tried to resist the increasingly anti-semitic aspirations of the Party but with the arrival of some stormtroopers under the command of the malevolent, but cunning, "Gerte" (Marius Goring) his task…
Reviewed on September 7, 2022
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The main cast of Pastor Hall (1940) includes Wilfrid Lawson, Nova Pilbeam, Seymour Hicks, Marius Goring and Brian Worth. The film was directed by Roy Boulting. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Pastor Hall was released on May 28, 1940 and runs for 1h 35m.
Pastor Hall (1940) holds an average rating of 8.0 out of 10 from 10 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy drama films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
