The Lost People
| The Lost People | |
|---|---|
.jpg) British quad poster | |
| Directed by |
Muriel Box Bernard Knowles |
| Produced by | Gordon Wellesley |
| Written by | Bridget Boland |
| Based on | Cockpit a play by Bridget Boland |
| Starring |
Dennis Price Mai Zetterling Richard Attenborough |
| Music by | John Greenwood |
| Cinematography | Jack Asher |
| Edited by | Gordon Hales |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | General Film Distributors (UK) |
Release dates | 22 August 1949 (UK) |
Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | £80,000 (by 1953)[1] |
The Lost People is a 1949 British drama film directed by Muriel Box and Bernard Knowles and starring Dennis Price, Mai Zetterling and Richard Attenborough.[2] It is based on a play by Bridget Boland.
Plot
After the Second World War, some British soldiers are guarding a theatre in Germany containing various refugees and prisoners trying to work out what to do with them. However, the displaced people, after uniting against fascism for five years, begin to disintegrate into their own petty feuds: Serb against Croat, Pole against Russian, resistance fighter against collaborator and everyone against the Jews. Two people, Jan and Lily, begin a romance and decide to wed. However, one of the refugees is diagnosed with bubonic plague.[2]
Cast
- Dennis Price ... Ridley
- Mai Zetterling ... Lily
- Richard Attenborough ... Jan
- Siobhan McKenna ... Marie
- Maxwell Reed ... Peter
- William Hartnell ... Barnes
- Gerard Heinz ... Professor
- Zena Marshall ... Anna
- Olaf Pooley ... Milosh
- Harcourt Williams ... Priest
- Philo Hauser ... Draja
- Jill Balcon ... Rebecca
- Grey Blake ... Saunders
- Marcel Poncin ... Duval
- Nelly Arno ... Old Woman in Box
- George Benson ... Driver
- Peter Bull ... Wolf
- Paul Hardtmuth ... Jiri
- Tutte Lemkow ... Jaroslav
- Pamela Stirling ... Young Woman in Box
- Charles Hawtrey ... Prisoner
- Herbert Lom ...Guest
References
- ↑ Andrew Spicer, Sydney Box Manchester Uni Press 2006 p 211
- 1 2 "The Lost People". BFI. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
External links
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