Stolen Life (1939 film)

Stolen Life
French release poster
Directed by Paul Czinner
Produced by Paul Czinner
Anthony Havelock-Allan
Written by Karel J. Benes (novel)
George Barraud
Margaret Kennedy
Starring Michael Redgrave
Elisabeth Bergner
Wilfrid Lawson
Music by William Walton
Cinematography Philip Tannura
Edited by Frederick Wilson
Production
company
Orion Productions
Distributed by Paramount British Pictures
Release date
 18 January 1939
Running time
 90 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Stolen Life is a 1939 British drama film directed by Paul Czinner and starring Michael Redgrave, Elisabeth Bergner and Wilfrid Lawson.

Production

The film was made at Pinewood Studios with location filming in Cornwall, the South of France and he Dolomites in Italy. It was adapted from a novel by Karel J. Benes and was remade in 1946 as A Stolen Life.[1] The film score was composed by William Walton. The film's sets were by the art director John Bryan while the costumes were designed by Joe Strassner.

The film was re-released in 1942 during the Second World War. It premiered in France in 1946 and in 1951 in West Germany. Czinner and Bergner had been forced to leave Germany following the Nazi takeover in 1933 and their films were banned there.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Goble p.966

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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