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Portrait From Life

1948 1h 30m Drama List
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Soon after the end of World War II, a professor sees a painting in a London gallery that looks exactly like his missing daughter, Hildegarde (Mai Zetterling). Maj. Lawrence (Guy Rolfe) is the British army officer assigned to find her, though it's easier said then done. He finally locates her in a German refugee camp but quickly realizes she suffers from amnesia. Her safe return home is complicated by a Nazi war criminal (Robert Beatty) who has been hiding out with Hildegarde's unwitting help. Read More Read Less

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Josephine O'Neill Daily Telegraph (Australia) As mediocre as its flash-back-within-flashback style. Mar 26, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Soon after the end of World War II, a professor sees a painting in a London gallery that looks exactly like his missing daughter, Hildegarde (Mai Zetterling). Maj. Lawrence (Guy Rolfe) is the British army officer assigned to find her, though it's easier said then done. He finally locates her in a German refugee camp but quickly realizes she suffers from amnesia. Her safe return home is complicated by a Nazi war criminal (Robert Beatty) who has been hiding out with Hildegarde's unwitting help.
Director
Terence Fisher
Producer
Antony Darnborough, J. Arthur Rank
Screenwriter
Muriel Box, Sydney Box, Frank Harvey
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 30m