The Power and the Glory (1941)

The Power and the Glory is a 1941 Australian war film about a Czech scientist who escapes from the Nazis to live in Australia.

Date of release
1941-04-03
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
War, Drama, Thriller
Director
Noel Monkman

Casting

Interesting facts

The Power and the Glory is a 1941 Australian war film about a Czech scientist who escapes from the Nazis to live in Australia. It features an early screen performance by Peter Finch.

Production

It was the second feature film from Noel Monkman, following Typhoon Treasure (1938).

The story was an original one by Monkman, who then worked on the script with Harry Lauder. Filming commenced in June 1940. Shooting took place at Fig Tree Studios in Hunters Hill, Sydney with additional scenes shot at Camden. Financing was made possible by an overdraft guaranteed by the New South Wales government.

The female star, Katrin Roselle, was an Austrian migrant who married an Australian then moved to Hollywood after the film was made. Most of the cast came from radio.

Finch was injured during filming when wind filled an open parachute he was holding and pulled him off his feet at the RAAF base at Camden.

The freighter Turkana which appears in the movie was sunk soon after filming by a German raider.

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