72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Kipps

Carol Reed
     112 m.
Synopsis
An adaptation of H.G. Well's novel, who abandoned his futuristic fables here to sketch a satire of the British class system: Michael Redgrave (another Reed regular) is a humble shopkeeper who inherits a fortune and is exposed to the snobbery of Folkstone high society. Reed starts to play with the camera and gives a leading role to his first wife, Diana Wynyard.
Director
Carol Reed
Screenplay
Sidney Gilliat
Photography
Arthur Crabtree
Cast
Michael Redgrave (Kipps), Diana Wynyard (Helen Walsingham), Arthur Risco (Chitterlow), Phyllis Calvert (Ann Pornick)
Running Time
112 m.
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