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25 years later, a spinster still obsesses over the death of her composer sister and concludes she has returned, reincarnated, in an amnesiac woman who chances upon her house seeking help.

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Nehemiah
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Peter
Carol Raye ...
Sally
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Christine
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Julia
John Warwick ...
George
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Selby
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Olwen
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Sgt. Pearne
Enid Hewitt ...
Ruth (as Enid Hewit)
Ernest Butcher ...
Ambrose
Johnnie Schofield ...
Alfie
John Martyn ...
Onlooker
Sally Rogers ...
Hannah
Brenda Cameron ...
Mary
Diana Lake ...
Lucy
Doreen Fischer ...
Ethel

Directed by

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John Harlow

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Robert Bell ... (play "This Same Garden")
 
John Harlow ... (screenplay)
 
Doreen Montgomery ... (contributions to screenplay)

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Edward Dryhurst ... producer
Eric L'Epine Smith ... associate producer

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Charles Williams

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Freddie Young ... director of photography (as F.A. Young)

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Raymond Poulton

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Douglas Robertson ... supervising editor
Brian Blamey ... assembly cutter (uncredited)
Ernest Walter ... assistant editor (uncredited)

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Bernard Robinson

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Robert Freemantle

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Guy Pearce ... director of make-up
Patricia Pearce ... hair stylist (as Pat Pearce)
Anne Talmagde ... assistant makeup artist (uncredited)

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Dora Wright ... production manager

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Roy Parkinson ... assistant director
Dennis Bertera ... third assistant director (uncredited)
Jack Lambert ... second assistant director (uncredited)

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T.R. Seddon ... associate art director
Bill Isaacs ... prop buyer (uncredited)

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Sash Fisher ... sound recordist
A.W. Watkins ... recording director
Peter Davies ... first assistant dubbing mixer (uncredited)
A.W. Watkins ... sound recording engineer (uncredited)

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Skeets Kelly ... camera operator
Davis Boulton ... still photographer (uncredited)
Christopher Doll ... focus puller (uncredited)
B. Francke ... second camera operator (uncredited)
Chris Holden ... assistant camera (uncredited)

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Irma Birch ... wardrobe mistress (uncredited)

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Betty Humby-Beecham ... musician: solo pianoforte
Charles Williams ... conductor

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Angela Martelli ... continuity

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Roger Good ... assistant to producer (uncredited)

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Plot Summary

In 1922, young composer and pianist Olwen Trevelyan, troubled and sleepless over her inability to finish the final notes of her composition, falls to her death from the cliffs of Cornwall. As years pass, Olwen's sister Julia obsessively keeps Olwen's memory alive in the family home. The young composer gains posthumous fame because of her tragic death and her haunting, unfinished composition, "The Dream of Olwen." Twenty-five years later, on the anniversary of Olwen's death, the family gathers to listen to a radio broadcast of "The Dream." Suddenly, a young woman bursts into the room, sits down at the piano, and begins playing along with the music. Claiming to have lost her memory, the young woman is cared for by the obsessed Julia, who comes to believe she is the reincarnation of her dead sister. Written by NewsHound

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Also Known As
  • The Dream of Olwen (United Kingdom)
  • Mía para siempre (Mexico)
  • Olwenin unelma (Finland)
  • Mía para siempre (Uruguay)
  • Minha para Sempre (Brazil)
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  • 85 min
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Soundtracks The Dream of Olwen See more »
Quotes Nehemiah: Ah, Shakespeare. Now that man could turn a phrase better than our MP.
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