The Promise (1969 film)
Encyclopedia
The Promise is a British drama film
based on the play by Russian playwright Aleksei Arbuzov
. Set in Russia during WW2 it is the story of a love triangle involving three young people caught up in the Siege of Leningrad
. The film follows the main protagonists in the post war years in an attempt to show the lasting effects of that relationship.
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...
based on the play by Russian playwright Aleksei Arbuzov
Aleksei Arbuzov
Aleksei Nikolaevich Arbuzov was a Soviet playwright.Arbuzov was born in Moscow, but his family moved to Petrograd in 1914. Orphaned at the age of eleven, he found salvation in the theater, and at fourteen he began to work in the Mariinsky Theatre...
. Set in Russia during WW2 it is the story of a love triangle involving three young people caught up in the Siege of Leningrad
Siege of Leningrad
The Siege of Leningrad, also known as the Leningrad Blockade was a prolonged military operation resulting from the failure of the German Army Group North to capture Leningrad, now known as Saint Petersburg, in the Eastern Front theatre of World War II. It started on 8 September 1941, when the last...
. The film follows the main protagonists in the post war years in an attempt to show the lasting effects of that relationship.
Cast
- John CastleJohn CastleJohn Castle is an English actor. Castle has acted in theatre, film and television. He is well known for his role as Postumus in the 1976 BBC television adaptation of I, Claudius and for playing Geoffrey in the 1968 film, The Lion in Winter. He also played Dr...
- Ian McKellenIan McKellenSir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBE is an English actor. He has received a Tony Award, two Academy Award nominations, and five Emmy Award nominations. His work has spanned genres from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction...
- Susan MacReady
- Mary Jones
- David NettheimDavid NettheimDavid Cosman Nettheim was an Australian actor.Born in Sydney, and brought up in Cremorne Point the eldest son of actor Roy Nettheim and the actress Mary Hosking, he was introduced to the theatre when his parents joined Doris Fitton's Independent Theatre.He...
- David Garfield