Drama · United Kingdom · 1939 · 1h 30m

Stolen Life

Director

Cast

Elisabeth Bergner as Sylvina Lawrence / Martina Lawrence Michael Redgrave as Alan MacKenzie Wilfrid Lawson as Thomas E. Lawrence Mabel Terry-Lewis as Aunt Helen Richard Ainley as Morgan Kenneth Buckley as Garrett

Crew

Philip Tannura — Director of Photography Frederick Wilson — Editor William Walton — Original Music Composer Karel Josef Beneš — Novel Paul Czinner — Producer Joe Strassner — Costume Design

Synopsis

Adapted from the best-selling novel by K. J. Benes, A Stolen Life serves as a tour de force for German actress Elizabeth Bergner, whose husband Paul Czinner directed the film. Bergner stars as identical twins Sylvina and Martina, whose mild sibling rivalry intensifies when one of the girls tricks the other's sweetheart Alan McKenzie (Michael Redgrave) into proposing to the wrong twin.

Key Collaborators

Paul Czinner Director Philip Tannura Director of Photography Frederick Wilson Editor William Walton Original Music Composer Karel Josef Beneš Novel Paul Czinner Producer Joe Strassner Costume Design

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