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Portrait from Life

Terence Fisher
UK      90 m.
Synopsis

A German professor sees a portrait in an art gallery which looks exactly like his daughter, who is assumed to have died in the war. The girl, who is an amnesiac, has been living in Europe under the protection of a wanted Nazi war criminal. A British army major in Occupied Germany tries to cut through red tape and an espionage plot to rescue the girl.

Director
Terence Fisher
Screenplay
Muriel Box, Sydney Box, Frank Harvey Jr.
Production
J. Arthur Rank
Gainsborough Picture
Photography
Jack Asher
Edition
Vladimir Sagovsky
Music
Benjamin Frankel
Cast
Mai Zetterling, Robert Beatty, Guy Rolfe, Herbert Lom, Patrick Holt
Running Time
90 m.
Country
UK
Year
1949
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