Movie
Since You Went Away
Overview
In 1943, several people enter, re-enter, and exit the difficult life of a Midwestern family whose patriarch has been called up to war, leaving behind his wife and two teen daughters.
Details
- Release date
- 1944-06-30
- Runtime
- 177 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Selznick International Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Claudette Colbert as Mrs. Anne Hilton
- Jennifer Jones as Jane Deborah Hilton
- Joseph Cotten as Lieutenant Tony Willett
- Shirley Temple as Bridget 'Brig' Hilton
- Monty Woolley as Colonel William G. Smollett
- Lionel Barrymore as Clergyman
- Robert Walker as Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II
- Hattie McDaniel as Fidelia
- Agnes Moorehead as Mrs. Emily Hawkins
- Alla Nazimova as Zofia Koslowska
- Albert Bassermann as Dr. Sigmund Gottlieb Golden
- Gordon Oliver as Marine Officer Seeking Room
Crew
- John Cromwell - Director
- David O. Selznick - Screenplay
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