England Made Me

A young, English, ne'er-do-well who goes to stay with his sister and her wealthy fiancé/benefactor in 1930's Germany, just before the rise of the Nazi party.

Cast

Peter Finch

as Erich Krogh

Michael York

as Anthony Farrant

Hildegard Neil

as Kate Farrant

Joss Ackland

as Haller

Michael Hordern

as F. Minty

Maja Papandopulo

as Singer

Vladan Živković

as Heinrich

Vladimir Bačić

as Hartmann

Mirjana Nikolić

as Nikki

Demeter Bitenc

as Reichsminister

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Peter Duffell has assembled quite a decent British cast here, but sadly he can make little more than an average television movie for his troubles. It doesn’t help that it’s the totally charm-fee Michael York who takes a leading role as visiting Briton “Farrant” who has come to see his sister “Kate” ...

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