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Portrait from Life (1948)
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31 January 1949 (Sweden) moreGenre:
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A British army officer becomes fascinated by the portrait of a young woman. He travels to Germany to... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
A snapshot of the time. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Mai Zetterling | ... | Lidia aka Hildegarde |
| Robert Beatty | ... | Campbell Reid |
| Guy Rolfe | ... | Major Lawrence |
 | Herbert Lom | ... | Fritz Kottler Hendlemann |
| Patrick Holt | ... | Ferguson |
| Arnold Marlé | ... | Professor Franz Menzel |
| Sybille Binder | ... | Eitel Hendlmann |
| Thora Hird | ... | Mrs. Skinner |
| Gerard Heinz | ... | Heine |
| Yvonne Owen | ... | Helen |
| Ernest Thesiger | ... | Bloomfield |
| John Blythe | ... | Johnnie |
| Philo Hauser | ... | Hans Ackermann |
| George Thorpe | ... | Brigadier |
| Cyril Chamberlain | ... | Supervisor |
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What drew me to this film was its focus on the lives of some inmates of the Displaced People's Camps in Post WW2 Europe. Its depiction, though considerably cleaned up for the consumption of the movie-going public, illustrates some of the key elements in DP camp life. The plot focusses on the attempts of a British Officer in Occupied Germany to help an amnesiac Concentration Camp inmate regain her memory. Unknown to all, a wanted Nazi war criminal is using her amnesia and the names of an exterminated Jewish family to escape Justice.
Typical for British dramas of the period, though not as excruciating as some, there is plenty of "British reserve" in Guy Rolfe's role. The consistently understated (or absent) emotion is a bit difficult for today's audiences. Also "Hildegaard", the amnesiac, seems to fall in love at the drop of a hat which, given her circumstances, I found to be quite neurotic. I'm not sure that this would have been the intention of the director.
The film's street scenes also give some fleeting insights into London's appearance in the late '40's.
On the whole I'd say it would be a worthwhile film to catch if you had a particular interest in the period.