This Land Is Mine (film)
1943 film by Jean Renoir / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This Land Is Mine is a 1943 American war drama film directed by Jean Renoir and written and produced by Dudley Nichols. Starring Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara and George Sanders,[2] the film is set in the midst of World War II in an unspecified place in German-occupied Europe that appears similar to France. Laughton plays Albert Lory, a cowardly school teacher in a town "somewhere in Europe" who is drawn into advocating resistance through his love of his country and of his fellow teacher Louise Martin, portrayed by O'Hara.
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Directed by | Jean Renoir |
Screenplay by | Dudley Nichols |
Produced by | Dudley Nichols |
Starring | Charles Laughton Maureen O'Hara George Sanders |
Cinematography | Frank Redman |
Edited by | Frederic Knudtson |
Music by | Lothar Perl Friedrich Silcher |
Production company | Jean-Renoir-Dudly Nichols Productions |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1.4 million (US rentals)[1] |
The film is one of the more acclaimed of the war films of the era. It won the 1944 Academy Award for Best Sound Recording (Stephen Dunn).[3] Having opened simultaneously in 72 theaters, the film set a record for gross receipts on an opening day upon its release on May 7, 1943.