Penelope Dudley-Ward lights up the screen as a spirited industrialist’s daughter who educates a Russian engineer (Olivier) on the mysteries and charms of the English psyche and class system before and after the outbreak of the war.
A thinly disguised propaganda film to promote better relations with the Soviets, this is also a genuinely funny romantic comedy.
The Demi-Paradise (1943)
Penelope Dudley-Ward and Laurence Olivier star in this mix of propaganda and romantic comedy.
- 1943 United Kingdom
- Directed by
- Anthony Asquith
- Produced by
- Anatole de Grunwald
- Written by
- Anatole de Grunwald
- Featuring
- Laurence Olivier, Penelope Dudley Ward, Marjorie Fielding
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