The Demi-Paradise
18/11/1943
2h
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Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking ships. Naïve about British people and convinced by hearsay that they are shallow and hypocritical, Ivan is both bemused and amused by them. He is blunt in his opinions about Britons and at first this puts off his hosts, including the lovely Ann Tisdall, whose grandfather runs the shipbuilding firm that will make use of Ivan's propeller. The longer Ivan stays, however, the more he comes to understand the humor, warmth, strength, and conviction of the British people, and the more they come to see him as a friend rather than merely a suspicious Russian. As a romantic bond grows between Ivan and Ann, a cultural bond begins to grow as well, particularly as the war begins and Russia is attacked by Germany.
Cast
Laurence Olivier
Ivan Kouznetsoff
Penelope Dudley-Ward
Ann Tisdall
Marjorie Fielding
Mrs. Tisdall
Margaret Rutherford
Rowena Ventnor
Felix Aylmer
Mr. Runalow
George Thorpe
Herbert Tisdall
Leslie Henson
Himself
Guy Middleton
Dick Christian
Michael Shepley
Mr. Walford
Edie Martin
Miss Winifred Tisdall
Muriel Aked
Mrs. Tisdall-Stanton
Joyce Grenfell
Sybil Paulson
Everley Gregg
Mrs. Flannel
Jack Watling
Tom
David Keir
Jordan
Miles Malleson
Theatre Cashier
Aubrey Mallalieu
Toomes, the Butler
John Laurie
Wounded Sailor
Brian Nissen
George Tisdall
John Boxer
British Sailor
Johnnie Schofield
Ernie
Marie Ault
Mrs. Jones
Alexis Chesnakov
Russian Delegate
Mavis Clair
Barmaid
George Cole
Percy
Harry Fowler
Small Boy (An Evacuee)
Gladys Henson
Mrs. Frost
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Nightclub Waiter
Niall MacGinnis
Man on Ship-Dedication Stand
Josephine Middleton
Mrs. Tremlow
Charles Paton
Mr. Bishop
Marian Spencer
Mrs. Teddy Beckett
George Street
Heckler
Ben Williams
Heckler
Ian Wilson
Army Bandmaster
Margaret Withers
Mrs. Elliston
Jack Vyvyan
Orator in Hyde Park
George Spence
Shipyard Worker (uncredited)
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