I Remember Mama

About I Remember 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.

I Remember Mama (1948) is a drama family film directed by George Stevens. Released in March 1948, it runs 134 minutes.

Its themes are 1910s, poverty, immigrant, and told in flashback. The film began as a novel.

Irene Dunne takes the lead as Mama, Barbara Bel Geddes as Katrin, Oskar Homolka as Uncle Chris, and Philip Dorn as Papa. The screenplay is by DeWitt Bodeen.

The Phantom of the Opera, Jules and Jim, and East of Eden make useful companions to I Remember Mama, all filed under love and based on play or musical. TMDB voters put it at 7.2 out of 10 across 68 votes.