Portrait from Life (1948)

Synopsis

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • Hildegard

      Mai Zetterling

    • Duncan Reid

      Robert Beatty

    • Major Lawrence

      Guy Rolfe

    • Hendlmann

      Herbert Lom

    • Ferguson

      Patrick Holt

    • Professor Franz Menzel

      Arnold Marlè

    • Eitel Hendlmann

      Sybilla Binder

    • brigadier

      George Thorpe

    • Heine

      Gerard Heinz

    • Hans Ackermann

      Philo Hauser

    • Mrs Skinner

      Thora Hird

    • Lieutenant Keith

      Murray, Peter

    • coroner

      Eric Messiter

    • supervisor

      Cyril Chamberlain

    • interpreter

      Betty Lynne

    • Hildegard Schmidt

      Dorothea Glade

    • Anna Skutetsky

      Arno, Nellie

    • man in crowd with Anna

      Richard Molinas

    • interpreter

      Hugo Schuster

    • Captain Roberts

      Gordon Bell

    • army truck driver

      Sam Kydd

    • leader of search party

      Eric Pohlmann

    • [art gallery attendant]

      Charles Rolfe

    • [Helen]

      Yvonne Owen

    • [bridegroom]

      Anthony Steel

    • [Johnson]

      Michael Hordern

    • [Richard]

      Dennis Harkin

    • [Helga]

      Lucille Rath

    • [orderly in officer's mess]

      Dennis Vance

    • [Frieda]

      Liselotte Kristian

    • [Johnnie]

      John Blythe

    • [club pianist]

      Arthur Young

    • [coroner's officer]

      Arthur Hambling

    • [Garson]

      Ralph De Pomerai

    • [student]

      Renee Goddard

    • [Hildegard Nacht]

      Christina Forbes

    • [Fritz]

      Paul Hansard

    • [Schwartz]

      Jan Stachow

    • [Roberts - replaced by Gordon Bell]

      Donald Sinden

    • [Bloomfield - scenes deleted]

      Ernest Thesiger

    • [soapbox man - scenes deleted]

      Carl Jaffe

    • [soapbox man - scenes deleted]

      Meinhart Maur

    • [Hendlmann, musician - scenes deleted]

      Oscar Ebelsbacher

    • [Hans - replaced by Philo Hauser]

      Tutte Lemkow

    • [Mrs Clements - scenes deleted]

      Dandy Nichols

    • [Friedrich Menzel - scenes deleted]

      Joseph Plaut

    • [carpenter - scenes deleted]

      Bernard Rebel

    • [stone thrower - scenes deleted]

      Willoughby Grey

    • [stone thrower - scenes deleted]

      Lionel Grose

• Credits

  • Unknown:

    • Directed by

      Terence Fisher

    • ©

      Gainsborough Pictures

    • A Gainsborough Picture

      Gainsborough Pictures

    • J. Arthur Rank Presents

      The Rank Organisation

    • Produced by

      Antony Darnborough

    • In Charge of Production

      Sydney Box

    • Production Manager

      Douglas Peirce

    • Production Controller

      Arthur Alcott

    • [Location Manager]

      Billy Asher

    • Assistant Director

      Morris, Ernie

    • [Assistant Director (2nd)]

      Bert Marotta

    • [Assistant Director (3rd)]

      John Draper

    • [Continuity]

      Peg Pearson

    • [Assistant Continuity]

      Beryl Harvey

    • [Casting]

      Weston Drury Jr

    • Screenplay by

      Harvey Jr, Frank

    • Screenplay by

      Muriel Box

    • Screenplay by

      Sydney Box

    • Original Story by

      David Evans

    • Director of Photography

      Jack Asher

    • [Location Photography]

      Gordon Lang

    • Camera Operator

      Len Harris

    • [Camera Operator (Location)]

      John Gunn

    • [Focus Puller]

      John Harris

    • [Focus Puller (Location)]

      Phil Law

    • [Clapper Loader]

      Steve Claydon

    • [Clapper Loader (Location)]

      James Turrell

    • [Camera Loading Departnent]

      Charles French

    • [In Charge of Camera Department]

      George Hill

    • [Stills]

      A. Chapman

    • [Stills]

      Norman Hargood

    • [Portrait Stills]

      John Jay

    • [Back Projectionist]

      A. Davis

    • [Back Projectionist]

      H. Allen

    • [Miniature Special Effects]

      Filippo Guidobaldi

    • Editor

      V. Sagovsky

    • [Assembly Cutter]

      May Dennington

    • [Assistant Editor (1st)]

      J. Devis

    • [Assistant Editor (2nd)]

      Christopher Lancaster

    • [Assistant Editor (2nd)]

      Alfred Wilson

    • Supervising Art Director

      George Provis

    • Art Director

      John Elphick

    • [Assistant Art Director (Set)]

      Iris Newell

    • [Chief Draughtsman]

      Jack Maxsted

    • [Draughtsman]

      Roy Dorman

    • [Draughtsman]

      Charles Bishop

    • [Draughtsman]

      Herbert Smith

    • [Scenic Artist]

      Fred Mannin

    • [Scenic Artist]

      W. Sawyer

    • [Scenic Artist]

      Ted Barnes

    • Dress Designer

      Joan Ellacott

    • [Wardrobe Mistress]

      Dolly Smith

    • [Wardrobe Master]

      William Neale

    • Make-up

      W.T. Partleton

    • [Hairdresser]

      Elsie Alder

    • Music Composed by

      Benjamin Frankel

    • and [Music] Played by

      The London Symphony Orchestra

    • Music Director

      Muir Mathieson

    • Director of Sound

      Sewell, Brian

    • [Sound] Recording

      Al Rhind

    • [Sound] Recording

      Salter, W.

    • [Sound Camera Operator]

      Leonard Abbott

    • [Sound Maintenance]

      Alfred Witcomb

    • Sound System

      British Acoustic Film

    • [Boom Operator]

      Cyril Swern

    • [Boom Assistant]

      George Gradwell

    • [Dubbing Crew]

      William Salter

    • [Dubbing Crew]

      Ronald Abbott

    • [Dubbing Crew]

      L. Coleman

    • [Dubbing Crew]

      William Germain

    • [Dubbing Editor]

      Rita Murison

    • [Assistant Dubbing Editor]

      Kathleen Barton

    • [Assistant Dubbing Editor (2nd)]

      D. Green

    • [Assistant Dubbing Editor (2nd)]

      John Zambardi

    • Sound System

      BAF Sound System

    • [Dialogue Director]

      Muriel Box

    • Made at

      Gainsborough Studios