

July 31, 1944
1h 35m
EN
Val Guest
Set just after the end of WWII (but filmed in the middle of it) in a time of general euphoria at having won the war, with full employment and general happiness for all (or nearly all). Peter, the young wastrel son of a hard working hotel owner doesn't like the idea of having to work for a living. He discovers a society of "White Elephants" who are quite willing to be poor as long as they don't have to work. They are protected and guided by Nina (Margaret Lockwood) and her precocious sister Heidi (Jean Simmons).

Margaret Lockwood
Nina

Vic Oliver
Sascha

Peter Graves
Peter Pyke


Val Guest, Caryl Brahms, S.J. Simon
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Roland Culver
Ferdinand

Jean Simmons
Heidi

Eliot Makeham
Dumka

Iris Lang
Tania

George Relph
Otto

Max Bacon
Jacobus

Gibb McLaughlin
Marcel
Gainsborough Pictures
GB
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
GB