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The Demi-Paradise (1943)

Director: Anthony Asquith

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From Time Out Film Guide

Russian engineer Olivier invents a special propeller for ice-breakers and comes to England to supervise the building of a new ship in this pro-Soviet propaganda piece. A stranger in a strange land comes to understand our funny ways. Says a lot about how homefront film-makers thought Britain should be represented in 1943 - very cosy it all is, too.

Author: TJ

Time Out Film Guide

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Cast & crew

Director: Anthony Asquith

Producer: Anatole De Grunwald

Cast: Laurence Olivier, Penelope Dudley Ward, Marjorie Fielding, Margaret Rutherford, Miles Malleson, George Cole full cast

Duration: 115 mins


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