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The Mortal Storm (novel)

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The Mortal Storm
First US edition
AuthorPhyllis Bottome
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
PublisherFaber and Faber (UK)
Little, Brown (US)
Publication date
1937
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

The Mortal Storm is a 1937 novel by the British writer Phyllis Bottome. An anti-Nazi novel,[1] it depicts the impact of Adolf Hitler's regime on a German family, and their conversion to resistance against the Third Reich.

Film adaptation

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In 1940 it was made into the film The Mortal Storm by the Hollywood studio MGM, directed by Frank Borzage and starring Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart and Robert Young.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Spiro p.254
  2. ^ Goble p.49

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Spiro, Mia. Anti-Nazi Modernism: The Challenges of Resistance in 1930s Fiction. Northwestern University Press, 2012.