The Lost People

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The Lost People
"The Lost People" (1949).jpg
British quad poster
Directed by
Written byBridget Boland
Based onCockpit a play by Bridget Boland
Produced byGordon Wellesley
Starring
CinematographyJack Asher
Edited byGordon Hales
Music byJohn Greenwood
Production
company
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
22 August 1949 (UK)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office£80,000 (by 1953)[1]

The Lost People is a 1949 British drama film directed by Muriel Box and Bernard Knowles and starring Dennis Price, Mai Zetterling and Richard Attenborough.[2] It is based on a play by Bridget Boland.[3]

Plot[]

After the Second World War, some British soldiers are guarding a theatre in Germany containing various refugees and prisoners trying to work out what to do with them. However, the displaced people, after uniting against fascism for five years, begin to disintegrate into their own ancient feuds: Serb against Croat, Pole against Russian, resistance fighter against collaborator and everyone against the Jews. Two people, Jan and Lily, begin a romance and decide to wed. However, one of the refugees is diagnosed with bubonic plague.[2]

Cast[]

References[]

  1. ^ Andrew Spicer, Sydney Box Manchester Uni Press 2006 p 211
  2. ^ a b "The Lost People". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  3. ^ "The Lost People (1950) - Muriel Box,Bernard Knowles - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".

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