The Demi-Paradise by Anthony Asquith
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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.
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Cast
Laurence Olivier as Ivan Kouznetsoff
Penelope Dudley-Ward as Ann Tisdall
Marjorie Fielding as Mrs. Tisdall
Margaret Rutherford as Rowena Ventnor
Felix Aylmer as Mr. Runalow
George Thorpe as Herbert Tisdall
Leslie Henson as Himself
Guy Middleton as Dick Christian
Michael Shepley as Mr. Walford
Edie Martin as Miss Winifred Tisdall
Muriel Aked as Mrs. Tisdall-Stanton
Joyce Grenfell as Sybil Paulson
Everley Gregg as Mrs. Flannel
Jack Watling as Tom
David Keir as Jordan
Miles Malleson as Theatre Cashier
Aubrey Mallalieu as Toomes, the Butler
John Laurie as Wounded Sailor
Brian Nissen as George Tisdall
John Boxer as British Sailor
Johnnie Schofield as Ernie
Marie Ault as Mrs. Jones
Alexis Chesnakov as Russian Delegate
Mavis Clair as Barmaid
George Cole as Percy
Harry Fowler as Small Boy (An Evacuee)
Gladys Henson as Mrs. Frost
Wilfrid Hyde-White as Nightclub Waiter
Niall MacGinnis as Man on Ship-Dedication Stand
Josephine Middleton as Mrs. Tremlow
Charles Paton as Mr. Bishop
Marian Spencer as Mrs. Teddy Beckett
George Street as Heckler
Ben Williams as Heckler
Ian Wilson as Army Bandmaster
Margaret Withers as Mrs. Elliston
Jack Vyvyan as Orator in Hyde Park
George Spence as Shipyard Worker (uncredited)
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