8.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Mortal Storm (1940)
The Mortal Storm (1940)
Overview
The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. After the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Breitner, a family friend, is caught up in the turmoil.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Positive
Judaism: Positive
Viewer Rating
8.3
Overview
The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. After the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Breitner, a family friend, is caught up in the turmoil.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's central thesis is a stark condemnation of Nazism, highlighting the persecution of minorities and the suppression of intellectual freedom, which aligns with progressive values of human rights and anti-authoritarianism.
The film features traditional casting practices prevalent in 1940s Hollywood, with no indication of intentional diversity in its primary roles. Its narrative focuses on the historical critique of Nazism and antisemitism, rather than explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering modern DEI themes.
Secondary
The film portrays many characters who are nominally Christian, some of whom succumb to Nazi ideology, while others (like Martin Breitner) embody strong moral principles in resisting it. The narrative implicitly affirms universal humanistic values often associated with Christian ethics, condemning the bigotry and moral failure of those who embrace Nazism, rather than the faith itself.
The film unequivocally condemns the antisemitic persecution of the Roth family, who are non-practicing Jews. It portrays the Jewish characters with dignity and sympathy, making their suffering a central tragedy and positioning the audience to strongly condemn the bigotry directed against them.
The Mortal Storm, 1940, is a historical drama centered on the persecution of a German-Jewish family during the rise of Nazism. The film's narrative and character arcs are entirely focused on political and racial themes, with no discernible presence of LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Therefore, the film does not offer any portrayal of the LGBTQ+ community.
The Mortal Storm, a 1940 drama set against the backdrop of Nazi Germany, centers on political and religious persecution. There are no identifiable transsexual characters or themes present in the film's narrative or character arcs, leading to a rating of N/A for its portrayal.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 1940 film "The Mortal Storm" is a direct adaptation of a 1937 novel. There is no historical or critical evidence indicating that any established character from the source material underwent a gender change in the film adaptation.
The film adapts a novel about a German family persecuted in Nazi Germany. Both the source material and the film portray the characters as white, with the film using white actors. There is no evidence of a character established as one race being portrayed as a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.7
7.3
Critic Ratings
10.0
N/A
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