I Remember Mama (1948)

MovieFamily, Drama2h 14m
I Remember Mama (1948) movie posterReview score: 72%

Plot

Norwegian immigrant Marta Hanson keeps a firm but loving hand on her household of four children, a devoted husband and a highly-educated lodger who reads great literature to the family every evening. Through financial crises, illnesses and the small triumphs of everyday life, Marta maintains her optimism and sense of humor, traits she passes on to her aspiring-author daughter, Katrin.

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Irene DunneIrene DunneMamaBarbara Bel GeddesBarbara Bel GeddesKatrinOskar HomolkaOskar HomolkaUncle ChrisPhilip DornPhilip DornPapaCedric HardwickeCedric HardwickeMr. HydeEdgar BergenEdgar BergenMr. ThorkelsonRudy ValleeRudy ValleeDr. JohnsonBarbara O'NeilBarbara O'NeilJessie Brown

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