Portrait from Life (1949)
3.5 of 5 from 47 ratings
1h 30min
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- Synopsis:
A British Army Officer Major Lawrence (Guy Rolfe) is on leave from being stationed in Germany just after WW2 when he sees a painting of a beautiful young girl in a London Art Gallery. While viewing the painting he is approached by an old man Professor Franz Menzel (Arnold Marlé), who escaped from Nazi Germany in the 1930's having to leave his family behind and who claims to be the young girl's father. Major Lawrence agrees with the old man to find the young girl when he returns to Germany. On returning to occupied Germany and after a long search Major Lawrence eventually tracks down the young girl but she is suffering from amnesia and living with a German couple who claim to be her parents. As Lawrence investigates, the circumstances of the young girl's past become more complicated. - Actors:
- Mai Zetterling, Robert Beatty, Guy Rolfe, Herbert Lom, Patrick Holt, Arnold Marlé, Sybille Binder, George Thorpe, Gerard Heinz, Philo Hauser, Thora Hird, Ernest Thesiger, John Blythe, Cyril Chamberlain, Betty Lynne, Nelly Arno, Richard Molinas, Donald Sinden, Hugo Schuster, Eric Messiter
- Directors:
- Terence Fisher
- Producers:
- Antony Darnborough, J. Arthur Rank
- Writers:
- David Evans, Frank Harvey, Muriel Box, Sydney Box
- Aka:
- Lost Daughter
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Romance, Thrillers
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