Stolen Life (1939)
Adapted from the best-selling novel by K. J. Benes, A Stolen Life serves as a tour de force for German actress Elizabeth Bergner, whose husband Paul Czinner directed the film. Bergner stars as identical twins Sylvina and Martina, whose mild sibling rivalry intensifies when one of the girls tricks the other's sweetheart Alan McKenzie (Michael Redgrave) into proposing to the wrong twin.
- Date of release
- 1939-01-18
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Paul Czinner
Casting
- Elisabeth Bergner — Sylvina Lawrence / Martina Lawrence
- Michael Redgrave — Alan MacKenzie
- Wilfrid Lawson — Thomas E. Lawrence
- Mabel Terry-Lewis — Aunt Helen
- Richard Ainley — Morgan
- Kenneth Buckley — Garrett
- Daniel Mendaille — Old Pauliac
- Pierre Juvenet — Doctor
- Stella Arbenina — Nurse
- Kaye Seeley — Maturin
- Ernest Ferny — Police Supt. Demangeon
- Cot D'Ordan — Clerk
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Pinewood Studios
Stolen Life is a 1939 British drama film directed by Paul Czinner and starring Michael Redgrave, Elisabeth Bergner and Wilfrid Lawson. It was written by George Barraud and Margaret Kennedy adapted from the 1935 novel Uloupeny zivot by Karel J. Benes. The film was remade in 1946 as A Stolen Life.
Production
The film was made at Pinewood Studios with location filming in Cornwall, the South of France and the Dolomites in Italy. The film score was composed by William Walton. The film's sets were by the art director John Bryan, and costumes were designed by Joe Strassner.
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