Pastor Hall

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.

Plot

The film was based on the true story of a pastor who was sent to Dachau concentration camp for criticizing the Nazi Party. In the 1930s, a small German village is taken over by a platoon of stormtroopers loyal to Hitler. The SS go about teaching and enforcing 'The New Order' but the pastor, a kind and gentle man, will not be intimidated. While some villagers join the Nazi Party avidly so and just go along with things, hoping for a quiet life, the pastor takes his convictions to the pulpit. Because of his criticism of the Nazis, the pastor is sent to Dachau concentration camp.

External links

Pastor Hall at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by the Boulting brothers

Together	Seven Days to Noon (1950) Seagulls Over Sorrento (1954) Suspect (1960) Heavens Above! (1963)

John only	Brighton Rock (1947) The Magic Box (1951) Private's Progress (1956) Lucky Jim (1957) I'm All Right Jack (1959) Rotten to the Core (1965)

Roy only	Inquest (1939) Pastor Hall (1940) Thunder Rock (1942) Fame Is the Spur (1947) The Guinea Pig (1948) High Treason (1951) Sailor of the King (1953) Josephine and Men (1955) Run for the Sun (1956) Brothers in Law (1957) Happy is the Bride (1958) Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959) A French Mistress (1960) The Family Way (1966) Twisted Nerve (1968) There's a Girl in My Soup (1970) Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974)