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Portrait from Life

Portrait from Life Full Cast & Crew

1949Movie"A psychological thriller, a captivating mystery, a tender love story - all brilliantly COMBINED INTO ONE EXCITING MOTION PICTURE"

Cast

M
Mai Zetterling
as Lidia
R
Robert Beatty
as Campbell Reid
G
Guy Rolfe
as Major Lawrence
H
Herbert Lom
as Fritz Kottler Hendlemann
P
Patrick Holt
as Ferguson
A
Arnold Marlé
as Professor Franz Menzel
S
Sybille Binder
as Eitel Hendlemann
T
Thora Hird
as Mrs. Skinner
G
Gerard Heinz
as Heine
Y
Yvonne Owen
as Helen
G
George Thorpe
as Brigadier
P
Philo Hauser
as Hans Ackermann
J
John Blythe
as Johnnie
C
Cyril Chamberlain
as Supervisor
B
Betty Lynne
as Interpreter
N
Nelly Arno
as Anna Skutetsky
R
Richard Molinas
as Man in Crowd with Anna
D
Donald Sinden
as Minor Role
H
Hugo Schuster
as Interpreter
E
Eric Messiter
as Coroner
D
Dorothea Glade
as Hildegard Schmidt
M
Michael Hordern
as Johnson
P
Pete Murray
as Lieutenant Keith
G
Gordon Bell
as Captain Roberts
S
Sam Kydd
as Army Truck Driver
E
Eric Pohlmann
as Search Group Leader
A
Anthony Steel
as Bridegroom
A
Arthur Hambling
as Coroner's Officer (uncredited)
P
Paul Hansard
as Fritz (uncredited)
D
Dennis Harkin
as Richard (uncredited)
C
Charles Rolfe
as Art Gallery Attendant (uncredited)
D
Dennis Vance
as Orderly, Officer's Mess (uncredited)
A
Arthur Young
as Club Pianist (uncredited)

Crew

J
J. Arthur Rank
Producer
S
Sydney Box
Writer
V
Vladimir Sagovsky
Editor
A
Antony Darnborough
Producer
T
Terence Fisher
Director
D
David Evans
Writer
M
Muriel Box
Writer
F
Frank Harvey
Writer
J
John Elphick
Art Direction
J
Joan Ellacott
Costume Design
G
George Provis
Art Direction
J
Jack Asher
Director of Photography
B
Benjamin Frankel
Original Music Composer
F
Fred Mannin
Scenic Artist
A
Arthur Alcott
Production Controller
D
Douglas Peirce
Production Manager
M
Muir Mathieson
Music Director
B
Bill Salter
Sound Recordist
W
W.T. Partleton
Makeup Artist
E
Ernest Morris
Assistant Director
A
Al Rhind
Sound Recordist
L
Len Harris
Camera Operator