Portrait from Life

Portrait from Life

90 mins | Drama, Thriller, Romance, Mystery | Dec. 15, 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.

Portrait from Life

90 mins | Drama, Thriller, Romance, Mystery | Dec. 15, 1948

Portrait from Life
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Gainsborough Pictures
Original title Portrait from Life
Directors Ernest Morris, Terence Fisher
Writers David Evans, Frank Harvey, Sydney Box, Muriel Box

Cast

Mai Zetterling

as Lidia

Robert Beatty

as Campbell Reid

Guy Rolfe

as Major Lawrence

Herbert Lom

as Fritz Kottler Hendlemann

Patrick Holt

as Ferguson

Arnold Marlé

as Professor Franz Menzel

Sybille Binder

as Eitel Hendlemann

Thora Hird

as Mrs. Skinner

Gerard Heinz

as Heine

Yvonne Owen

as Helen

George Thorpe

as Brigadier

Philo Hauser

as Hans Ackermann

John Blythe

as Johnnie

Cyril Chamberlain

as Supervisor

Betty Lynne

as Interpreter

Nelly Arno

as Anna Skutetsky

Richard Molinas

as Man in Crowd with Anna

Donald Sinden

as Minor Role

Hugo Schuster

as Interpreter

Eric Messiter

as Coroner

Dorothea Glade

as Hildegard Schmidt

Michael Hordern

as Johnson

Pete Murray

as Lieutenant Keith

Gordon Bell

as Captain Roberts

Sam Kydd

as Army Truck Driver

Eric Pohlmann

as Search Group Leader

Anthony Steel

as Bridegroom

Arthur Hambling

as Coroner's Officer (uncredited)

Paul Hansard

as Fritz (uncredited)

Dennis Harkin

as Richard (uncredited)

Charles Rolfe

as Art Gallery Attendant (uncredited)

Dennis Vance

as Orderly, Officer's Mess (uncredited)

Arthur Young

as Club Pianist (uncredited)