The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Adapted from the best-selling novel by K. J. Benes, A Stolen Life serves as a tour de force for German actress Elizabeth Bergner, whose husband Paul Czinner directed the film. Bergner stars as identical twins Sylvina and Martina, whose mild sibling rivalry intensifies when one of the girls tricks the other's sweetheart Alan McKenzie (Michael Redgrave) into proposing to the wrong twin.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Paul CzinnerDirector
- William WaltonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Elisabeth BergnerSylvina Lawrence / Martina Lawrence
- Michael RedgraveAlan MacKenzie
- Wilfrid LawsonThomas E. Lawrence
- Mabel Terry-LewisAunt Helen
- Richard AinleyMorgan
- Kenneth BuckleyGarrett
- Daniel MendailleOld Pauliac
- Pierre JuvenetDoctor
- Stella ArbeninaNurse
- Kaye SeeleyMaturin
- Ernest FernyPolice Supt. Demangeon
- Cot D'OrdanClerk