While I Live

While I Live (1947)

In 1922, young pianist and composer Olwen Trevelyan, troubled and sleepless over her inability to finish the final notes of her composition, falls to her death from the cliffs of Cornwall. 25 years on, Olwen has gained posthumous fame as a result of her tragic death and her haunting uncompleted composition 'The Dream of Olwen'. Her reclusive sister Julia (Sonia Dresdel), who has never come to terms with Olwen's death, becomes convinced that Olwen has returned when she meets an amnesiac woman who looks like her.

Date of release
1947-10-07
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
Thriller
Director
John Harlow

Casting

Interesting facts

While I Live is a 1947 British drama film directed by John Harlow and starring Sonia Dresdel, Tom Walls and Carol Raye. It was written by Harlow and Doreen Montgomery based on a play by Robert Bell, referred to in the opening credits as This Same Garden, and first produced as Olwen in March 1947, with Hilda Bayley as Julia.

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