History Film / TheMoonIsDown

During the [[UsefulNots/NaziGermany German occupation]] of UsefulNotes/{{Norway}}, a small village struggles to cope with the invaders and some locals choose collaboration while others prefer armed resistance.

During the German occupation of UsefulNotes/{{Norway}}, a small village struggles to cope with the invaders and some locals choose collaboration while others prefer armed resistance.

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''The Moon Is Down'' is a 1943 American war film [[TheFilmOfTheBook adapted from]] the 1942 novel of the same name by Creator/JohnSteinbeck, directed by Irving Pichel and starring Creator/CedricHardwicke, Henry Travers, and Creator/LeeJCobb.

During the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII German occupation]] of UsefulNotes/{{Norway}}, a small village struggles to cope with the invaders and some locals choose collaboration while others prefer armed resistance.

''The Moon is Down'' is a 1943 American war film directed by Irving Pichel and starring Creator/CedricHardwicke and Henry Travers. It is [[TheFilmOfTheBook based off]] the 1942 novel of the same name by Creator/JohnSteinbeck.

** Speaking of the helmets, the shape of those seen in the film on occupation soldiers screams M1916 type from the second half of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, not the M1935 (all previous ''Stahlhelm'' types were phased out for long in the German army by 1940).

** The parachutists also use a heavy Maxim machine gun. By that time, the German army used the much lighter and deadlier MG 34.

** Speaking of the helmets, the shape of those seen in the film on occupation soldiers screams M1916 type from UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, not the M1935 (all previous ''Stahlhelm'' types were phased out for long in the German army by 1940).

** Speaking of the ''Stahlhelm'' helmets, the shape of those seen in the film on occupation soldiers screams M1916 type from UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, not the M1935 (all previous types were phased out for long in the German army by 1940).

** Speaking of the ''Stahlhelm'' helmets, the shape of those seen in the film on occupation soldiers screams M1916 type from UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, not the M1935 (all previous types were phased out for long in the German army by 1940).

** The Norwegian squad that spots the German parachutists gets mowed down by them with a machine gun. The thing is, they look like normal ''Heer'' infantry with ''Stahlhelm'' helmets, not like ''Fallschirmjäger'' (parachutists) with "bowl" helmets (without the projecting visor and flared rim) like they should.

** The Norwegian squad that spots the German parachutists gets mowed down by them with a machine gun. The thing is, they look like normal ''Heer'' infantry with ''Stahlhelm'' helmets, not like ''Fallschirmjäger'' (parachutists) with "bowl" helmets like they should.

''The Moon is Down'' is a 1943 American war film directed by Irving Pichel and starring Creator/CedricHardwicke and Henry Travers. It is [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on]] the 1942 novel of the same name by Creator/JohnSteinbeck.

''The Moon is Down'' is a 1943 war American film directed by Irving Pichel and starring Creator/CedricHardwicke and Henry Travers. It is [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on]] the 1942 novel of the same name by Creator/JohnSteinbeck.

** Speaking of the ''Stahlhelm'' helmets, the shape of those seen in the film on occupation soldiers screams [=M1916=] from UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, not the M1935 (all previous types were phased out for long in the German army by 1940).

''The Moon is Down'' is a 1943 war film directed by Irving Pichel and starring Creator/CedricHardwicke and Henry Travers. It is [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on]] the 1942 novel of the same name by Creator/JohnSteinbeck.

* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: * TrrrillingRrrs: The film opens with UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler contemplating a map of Norway, making hand gestures on it (only his hand is seen, actually) and boasting about invading the country in pseudo-German gibberish.