The Demi-Paradise

Feature film · 114 min · dir. Anthony Asquith

• Drama
• Comedy
• Romance

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Synopsis

Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking ships. Naïve about British people and convinced by hearsay that they are shallow and hypocritical, Ivan is both bemused and amused by them. He is blunt in his opinions about Britons and at first this puts off his hosts, including the lovely Ann Tisdall, whose grandfather runs the shipbuilding firm that will make use of Ivan's propeller. The longer…

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Details

Director

Anthony Asquith

Writer

Anatole de Grunwald

Composer

Nicholas Brodszky

Cinematography

Bernard Knowles

Studio

The Rank Organisation

Released

1943-11-18

Running time

114 minutes

Cast & crew

• Anthony Asquith Director
• Laurence Olivier
• Penelope Dudley-Ward
• Marjorie Fielding
• Margaret Rutherford
• Felix Aylmer
• GGeorge Thorpe
• Leslie Henson
• Guy Middleton

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