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The Demi-Paradise (1943)

ALL 11/18/1943 (en) Drama, Comedy, Romance 114 Min
  • Release
    11/18/1943
  • Production
    The Rank Organisation
  • Rotten tomato
    65%
  • Original title
    The Demi-Paradise
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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 Ivan stays, however, the more he comes to understand the humor, warmth, strength, and conviction of the British people, and the more they come to see him as a friend rather than merely a suspicious Russian. As a romantic bond grows between Ivan and Ann, a cultural bond begins to grow as well, particularly as the war begins and Russia is attacked by Germany.

  1. Anthony Asquith

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Renee Woods

    Editor



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  1. Laurence Olivier

    Ivan Kouznetsoff

  2. Penelope Dudley-Ward

    Ann Tisdall

  3. Marjorie Fielding

    Mrs. Tisdall

  4. Margaret Rutherford

    Rowena Ventnor

  5. Felix Aylmer

    Mr. Runalow

  6. George Thorpe

    Herbert Tisdall

  7. Leslie Henson

    Himself

  8. Guy Middleton

    Dick Christian

  9. Michael Shepley

    Mr. Walford

  10. Edie Martin

    Miss Winifred Tisdall

  11. Muriel Aked

    Mrs. Tisdall-Stanton

  12. Joyce Grenfell

    Sybil Paulson

  13. Everley Gregg

    Mrs. Flannel

  14. Jack Watling

    Tom

  15. David Keir

    Jordan

  16. Miles Malleson

    Theatre Cashier

  17. Aubrey Mallalieu

    Toomes, the Butler

  18. John Laurie

    Wounded Sailor

  19. Brian Nissen

    George Tisdall

  20. John Boxer

    British Sailor

  21. Johnnie Schofield

    Ernie

  22. Marie Ault

    Mrs. Jones

  23. Alexis Chesnakov

    Russian Delegate

  24. Mavis Clair

    Barmaid

  25. George Cole

    Percy

  26. Harry Fowler

    Small Boy (An Evacuee)

  27. Gladys Henson

    Mrs. Frost

  28. Wilfrid Hyde-White

    Nightclub Waiter

  29. Niall MacGinnis

    Man on Ship-Dedication Stand

  30. Josephine Middleton

    Mrs. Tremlow

  31. Charles Paton

    Mr. Bishop

  32. Marian Spencer

    Mrs. Teddy Beckett

  33. George Street

    Heckler

  34. Ben Williams

    Heckler

  35. Ian Wilson

    Army Bandmaster

  36. Margaret Withers

    Mrs. Elliston

  37. Jack Vyvyan

    Orator in Hyde Park

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 37 , Crews : 6

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The Demi-Paradise (1943) 114 Min

ALL 11/18/1943 (en)
Drama, Comedy, Romance
  • Release 11/18/1943
  • Production
    The Rank Organisation
  • Original title The Demi-Paradise
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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 Ivan stays, however, the more he comes to understand the humor, warmth, strength, and conviction of the British people, and the more they come to see him as a friend rather than merely a suspicious Russian. As a romantic bond grows between Ivan and Ann, a cultural bond begins to grow as well, particularly as the war begins and Russia is attacked by Germany.

  1. Anthony Asquith

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Renee Woods

    Editor

  4. Anatole de Grunwald

    Producer



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