I’ve got to say, this is easily one of my favorite movies set during wartime. Okay, it definitely feels like a piece of propaganda, but the way it portrays a quiet Norwegian fishing village abruptly occupied by Nazi forces remains incredibly powerful, even today. Errol Flynn ("Gunnar") gets first billing, though that’s almost just for show – really, the strength lies in the excellent group of actors, including Ann Sh…

It’s always struck me as interesting to consider what it must be like to create a film about a war while that conflict is still happening, and recently I discovered a collection of five movies from World War II featuring Errol Flynn fighting the Nazis. The fact that Turner Classic Movies presented them, combined with the involvement of Lewis Milestone—who previously directed 'All Quiet on the Western Front,' regarded…