Stolen Life
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Stolen Life is a 1939 British drama film
directed by Paul Czinner
and starring Michael Redgrave
, Elizabeth Bergner and Wilfrid Lawson
. It was adapted from a novel by Karel J. Benes and was remade in 1946 as A Stolen Life.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Paul Czinner
Paul Czinner
Paul Czinner was a writer, film director, and producer.Czinner was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary. After studying literature and philosophy at the University of Vienna, he worked as a journalist. From 1919 onward, he dedicated himself to work for the filming industry as writer, director and...
and starring Michael Redgrave
Michael Redgrave
Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave, CBE was an English stage and film actor, director, manager and author.-Youth and education:...
, Elizabeth Bergner and Wilfrid Lawson
Wilfrid Lawson (actor)
Wilfrid Lawson was a British character actor of stage and screen.-Life and career:...
. It was adapted from a novel by Karel J. Benes and was remade in 1946 as A Stolen Life.