Days of Glory

Days of Glory (1944)

One Kiss taught her to kill... taught him to love!

A heroic guerilla group fights back against impossible odds during the 1941 Nazi invasion of Russia.

Date of release
1944-06-16
TMDB
5.9 / 10 (32)
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
War, Romance, Drama
Director
Jacques Tourneur

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: United States
  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Days of Glory is a 1944 American film, directed by Jacques Tourneur, which tells the story of a group of Soviet guerrillas fighting back during the 1941 Nazi invasion of Russia. It marked the film debut of Tamara Toumanova and Gregory Peck, as well as most of the other principal actors. It was also the first film produced by screen writer Casey Robinson, who in early January 1943 had been contracted by RKO Radio Pictures to write and produce the film under the working title This Is Russia. Robinson and Toumanova married in 1944 and divorced in 1955. The film included the last screen appearance of actor Erford Gage, who subsequently entered the U.S. Army and was killed in action in 1945.

Production

Days of Glory is one of a handful of Hollywood films made during American participation in World War II to increase public support for the country's alliance with the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany. Such films, which would become the target of investigations during the Cold War by the House Committee on Un-American Activities, included Mission to Moscow, The North Star, Three Russian Girls, Counter-Attack, and Song of Russia.

Parts of the film were shot in Cedar City, Utah.

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