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1943 film by Jean Renoir

For other uses, see This Land Is Mine (disambiguation).

This Land Is Mine is a 1943 American wardrama film directed by Jean Renoir and written and produced by Dudley Nichols.

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Starring Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara and George Sanders,^[2] the film is set in the midst of World War II in an unspecified place in German-occupied Europe that appears similar to France. Laughton plays Albert Lory, a cowardly school teacher in a town "somewhere in Europe" who is drawn into advocating resistance through his love of his country and of his fellow teacher Louise Martin, portrayed by O'Hara.

The film is one of the more acclaimed of the war films of the era. It won the 1944 Academy Award for Best Sound Recording (Stephen Dunn).^[3] Having opened simultaneously in 72 theaters, the film set a record for gross receipts on an opening day upon its release on May 7, 1943.

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