Dec 01, 1948
90 min
Full-HD

Portrait from Life (1948)

A British army officer becomes fascinated by the portrait of a young woman. He travels to Germany to find her, only to discover that she is suffering from amnesia.

Category

Drama Mystery Thriller Romance

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

Gainsborough Pictures J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Mai Zetterling

Lidia

Robert Beatty

Campbell Reid

Guy Rolfe

Major Lawrence

Herbert Lom

Fritz Kottler Hendlemann

Patrick Holt

Ferguson

Arnold Marlé

Professor Franz Menzel

Sybille Binder

Eitel Hendlemann

Thora Hird

Mrs. Skinner

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