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.

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

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Guy Rolfe is "Major Lawrence" (another one), who sees a portrait of a young girl at a London art gallery and is enthralled. On further investigation he discovers from her refugee father - who recognises his long lost child from her picture - that she is a Jewish lady and is probably still in a post-...

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