The Lost People

The Lost People

89 mins | Drama, War | Aug. 22, 1949

Set in a German theatre after the Second World War, two British soldiers are holding a disparate and hostile band of refugees in this theatre, prior to returning them to their homelands. The soldiers have difficulty dealing with the rivalries between Serb and Croat, resistance fighter and collaborator, Pole and Russian, etc. The threat of plague briefly unites them, but eventually even this wears off and the refugees unite in their hostility to the British.

The Lost People

89 mins | Drama, War | Aug. 22, 1949

The Lost People
Set in a German theatre after the Second World War, two British soldiers are holding a disparate and hostile band of refugees in this theatre, prior to returning them to their homelands. The soldiers have difficulty dealing with the rivalries between Serb and Croat, resistance fighter and collaborator, Pole and Russian, etc. The threat of plague briefly unites them, but eventually even this wears off and the refugees unite in their hostility to the British.
Producers Gainsborough Pictures
Original title The Lost People
Directors Denis Johnson, Muriel Box, Bernard Knowles
Writers Bridget Boland

Cast

Dennis Price

as Ridley

Mai Zetterling

as Lily

Siobhán McKenna

as Marie

Maxwell Reed

as Peter

William Hartnell

as Barnes

Gerard Heinz

as Professor

Zena Marshall

as Anna

Olaf Pooley

as Milosh

Harcourt Williams

as Priest

Philo Hauser

as Draja

Jill Balcon

as Rebecca

Grey Blake

as Saunders

Marcel Poncin

as Duval