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Pastor Hall is a 1940 British drama film directed by Roy Boulting and starring Wilfrid Lawson, Nova Pilbeam, Seymour Hicks, among others. The film is based on the play of the same title by German author Ernst Toller who had lived as an emigrant in the United States until his suicide in 1939. The U.S. version of the film opened with a prologue by Eleanor Roosevelt denouncing the Nazis, and her son James Roosevelt presented the film in the US through United Artists.
Original Release
09/13/1940
US Release
09/13/1940
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Wilfrid Lawson | Pastor Frederick Hall |
| Nova Pilbeam | Christine Hall |
| Seymour Hicks | General von Grotjahn |
| Marius Goring | Fritz Gerte |
| Brian Worth | Werner von Grotjahn |
| Percy Walsh | Herr Veit |
| Lina Barrie | Lina Veit |
| Eliot Makeham | Pippermann |
| Peter Cotes | Erwin Kohn |
| Edmund Willard | Freundlich |
Directors
Writers
Ernst Toller, Leslie Arliss, Anna Reiner, Haworth Bromley, John Boulting, Roy Boulting, Miles Malleson
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Wilfrid Lawson | Pastor Frederick Hall |
| Nova Pilbeam | Christine Hall |
| Seymour Hicks | General von Grotjahn |
| Marius Goring | Fritz Gerte |
| Brian Worth | Werner von Grotjahn |
| Percy Walsh | Herr Veit |
| Lina Barrie | Lina Veit |
| Eliot Makeham | Pippermann |
| Peter Cotes | Erwin Kohn |
| Edmund Willard | Freundlich |
| Hay Petrie | Nazi Pastor |
| Bernard Miles | Heinrich Degan |
| D.J. Williams | Hans - Doctor |
| Manning Whiley | Vogel |
| John Salew | Herr Ritter |
| W.E. Holloway | |
| Basil Cunard | |
| Tarva Penna | |
| George Street | Labour Camp Commandant |
| Raymond Rollett | Concentration Camp Commandant |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| John Boulting | Producer |
