Summer Storm

1944
PG
1h 46m

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6.6/10

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Linda Darnell and George Sanders in Summer Storm (1944)

In this filmed Chekhov adaptation, Olga is an alluring peasant woman who lures cynical aristocrat Fedor away from his milquetoast fiancée, with tragic consequences.

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An alluring peasant woman lures a cynical aristocrat away from his milquetoast fiancée, with tragic consequences.An alluring peasant woman lures a cynical aristocrat away from his milquetoast fiancée, with tragic consequences.An alluring peasant woman lures a cynical aristocrat away from his milquetoast fiancée, with tragic consequences.

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

737

YOUR RATING

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 3 wins & 1 nomination total

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8/10

You pitiful product of centuries of inbreeding.

This had to come my way by accident. I must have wanted the 2006 film of the same name, and clicked this by mistake. It's the only reason I can imagine I have it.

Well, have it I do, and lets see what we have.

Linda Darnell (The Mark of Zorro) was excellent as a gold-digger, and George Sanders (All About Eve) outstanding as the object of her love. Edward Everett Horton was amazingly funny as a Count who was to lose it all in the impending Russian Revolution.

Lori Lahner was also a scene stealer in her only film.

A tragic love story that makes me glad I got it in error.

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Trivia
The writing credit "Michael O'Hara" is a pseudonym for director Douglas Sirk. He picked the name because when he started this movie he had just finished reading 'Appointment in Samarra' by John O'Hara.

Goofs
In the present day, Count Volsky tells Nadena Kalenin that he remembers how she was "just a little girl" seven years ago. However, the main events of the story take place seven years earlier, when Nadena was a fully grown woman.