“You'll just love...MAMA!”
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.
Irene Dunne
Mama
Barbara Bel Geddes
Katrin
Oskar Homolka
Uncle Chris
Philip Dorn
Papa
Cedric Hardwicke
Mr. Hyde
Edgar Bergen
Mr. Thorkelson
Rudy Vallee
Dr. Johnson
Barbara O'Neil
Jessie Brown
Florence Bates
Florence Dana Moorhead
Peggy McIntire
Christine
I Remember Mama is a family, drama film released in 1948 exploring themes of immigrant, based on novel or book, san francisco, california, based on play or musical, love, poverty. Directed by George Stevens, it stars Irene Dunne, Barbara Bel Geddes, Oskar Homolka. 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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