Portrait from Life

Overview

A British army officer becomes fascinated by the portrait of a young woman. He travels to Germany to find her, only to discover that she is suffering from amnesia.

Release date

Dec 1, 1948

Rating

5.9 / 10

Runtime

1 hours 30 minutes

Genres

Drama
Mystery
Thriller
Romance

Cast

Mai Zetterling
As Lidia
Robert Beatty
As Campbell Reid
Guy Rolfe
As Major Lawrence
Herbert Lom
As Fritz Kottler Hendlemann
Patrick Holt
As Ferguson
Arnold Marlé
As Professor Franz Menzel
Sybille Binder
As Eitel Hendlemann
Thora Hird
As Mrs. Skinner
Gerard Heinz
As Heine
Yvonne Owen
As Helen
George Thorpe
No picture available
As Brigadier
Philo Hauser
No picture available
As Hans Ackermann
John Blythe
As Johnnie
Cyril Chamberlain
As Supervisor
Betty Lynne
As Interpreter
Nelly Arno
No picture available
As Anna Skutetsky
Richard Molinas
No picture available
As Man in Crowd with Anna
Donald Sinden
As Minor Role
Hugo Schuster
No picture available
As Interpreter
Eric Messiter
No picture available
As Coroner
Dorothea Glade
No picture available
As Hildegard Schmidt
Michael Hordern
As Johnson
Pete Murray
No picture available
As Lieutenant Keith
Gordon Bell
No picture available
As Captain Roberts
Sam Kydd
As Army Truck Driver
Eric Pohlmann
As Search Group Leader
Anthony Steel
As Bridegroom
Arthur Hambling
As Coroner's Officer (uncredited)
Paul Hansard
As Fritz (uncredited)
Dennis Harkin
No picture available
As Richard (uncredited)
Charles Rolfe
No picture available
As Art Gallery Attendant (uncredited)
Dennis Vance
As Orderly, Officer's Mess (uncredited)
Arthur Young
As Club Pianist (uncredited)

Crew

J. Arthur Rank
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Role: Producer
Sydney Box
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Role: Writer
Vladimir Sagovsky
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Role: Editor
Antony Darnborough
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Role: Producer
Terence Fisher
Role: Director
David Evans
No picture available
Role: Writer
Muriel Box
Role: Writer
Frank Harvey
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Role: Writer
John Elphick
No picture available
Role: Art Direction
Joan Ellacott
No picture available
Role: Costume Design
George Provis
No picture available
Role: Art Direction
Jack Asher
No picture available
Role: Director of Photography
Benjamin Frankel
No picture available
Role: Original Music Composer
Fred Mannin
No picture available
Role: Scenic Artist
Arthur Alcott
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Role: Production Controller
Douglas Peirce
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Role: Production Manager
Muir Mathieson
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Role: Music Director
Bill Salter
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Role: Sound Recordist
W.T. Partleton
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Role: Makeup Artist
Ernest Morris
No picture available
Role: Assistant Director
Al Rhind
No picture available
Role: Sound Recordist
Len Harris
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Role: Camera Operator

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