Since You Went Away
A love story of today's love and laughter
DramaRomanceWarbased on novel or booklodgerloveteenage girlmidwesthome frontwar effortrationingmother daughter relationship
A tender, home-front drama centered on family bonds and quiet resilience, where wartime absence becomes the backdrop for intimate human connection and growth.
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.
Essence
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Claudette Colbert
Anne Hilton
Jennifer Jones
Jane Hilton
Joseph Cotten
Tony Willett
Shirley Temple
Bridget Hilton
Monty Woolley
William Smollett
Lionel Barrymore
Clergyman
Robert Walker
Bill Smollett
Hattie McDaniel
Fidelia
Agnes Moorehead
Emily Hawkins
Alla Nazimova
Zofia Koslowska
Albert Bassermann
Sigmund Golden
Gordon Oliver
Marine Officer Seeking Room
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