Adventure for Two (1943)
The Demi-Paradise (original title)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Laurence Olivier	...	Ivan Kouznetsoff
	Penelope Dudley-Ward	...	Ann Tisdall (as Penelope Ward)
	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

Storyline

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. Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>  

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