The Lost People

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The Lost People (1949)

Directed by Muriel Box, Bernard Knowles

War, Drama · 1h 29m

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.

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Cast

Dennis Price Ridley Mai Zetterling Lily Richard Attenborough Jan Siobhán McKenna Marie Maxwell Reed Peter William Hartnell Barnes Gerard Heinz Professor Zena Marshall Anna Olaf Pooley Milosh Harcourt Williams Priest Philo Hauser Draja Jill Balcon Rebecca

Crew

Director
Muriel Box, Bernard Knowles
Screenplay
Bridget Boland
Director of Photography
Jack Asher
Original Music Composer
John Greenwood
Editor
Gordon Hales
Producer
Gordon Wellesley

Details

Release date
1949-08-22
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
War, Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United Kingdom
Production
Gainsborough Pictures