May 24, 2012

Films

Sunset in Vienna – 1937 | 54 mins | Drama | B&W

Plot Synopsis

Sunset in Vienna

British musical war drama with high production values. An Italian soldier marries an Austrian girl and together they return to Italy. When WWI erupts between the countries, the bride’s brother sneaks into Italy as a spy. He bases his operations out of their home. When the husband learns of his brother-in-law’s treachery, he kills him. His new wife becomes even bitterer after she is placed in a camp for enemy aliens. As the war progresses, the two are unable to contact each other. Following the war she is released and ends up dancing in a sleazy Egyptian cafe. It is here that she is reunited with her husband.

Production Team

Norman Walker: Director
Freddie Young: Cinematography
Herbert Wilcox: Producer
Marjory Geoffrey: Script
Harrison Owen: Script

Cast

Tullio Carminati: Toni
Lilli Palmer: Gelda
John Garrick: Adolph
Geraldine Hislop: Wanda
Davina Craig: Deaf lady
Hubert Harben: Austrian general
Edgar Driver: Toni\’s batman
Alice O’Day: Maddalena
Eileen Munro: Superintendent of VAD



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