The Lost People (1949)
Set in a German theatre after the Second World War, two British soldiers are holding a disparate and hostile band of refugees in this theatre, prior to returning them to their homelands. The soldiers have difficulty dealing with the rivalries between Serb and Croat, resistance fighter and collaborator, Pole and Russian, etc. The threat of plague briefly unites them, but eventually even this wears off and the refugees unite in their hostility to the British.
Directors:
Muriel Box, Bernard Knowles.
Writer:
Bridget Boland
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Dennis Price as Ridley |
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Mai Zetterling as Lily |
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Richard Attenborough as Jan |
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Siobhán McKenna as Marie |
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Maxwell Reed as Peter |
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William Hartnell as Barnes |
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Gerard Heinz as Professor |
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Zena Marshall as Anna |
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Olaf Pooley as Milosh |
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Harcourt Williams as Priest |
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Philo Hauser as Draja |
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Jill Balcon as Rebecca |
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Grey Blake as Saunders |
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Marcel Poncin as Duval |
| Directing | Muriel Box | Director |
| Directing | Bernard Knowles | Director |
| Writing | Bridget Boland | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Bridget Boland | Screenplay |
| Production | Gordon Wellesley | Producer |
| Editing | Gordon Hales | Editor |
| Production | Herbert Smith | Production Manager |
| Camera | Jack Asher | Director of Photography |
| Sound | John Greenwood | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Denis Johnson | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Bernard Lewis | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Waleen Whitworth | Hairdresser |