UK, 1935
90m, 2484.75 metres, 9 reels, 8152 feet
35mm film, black and white, 1.37:1
mono (full-range recording system by British Acoustic Film), English
A British fantasy film directed by Berthold Viertel.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Berthold Viertel
Gaumont-British Picture Corpn Ltd presents. A Gaumont-British picture controlled throughout the United Kingdom and the Irish Free State by Gaumont-British Distribution Ltd
Producer: Michael Balcon *
Associate Producer: Ivor Montagu *
Screen Play: Michael Hogan, Alma Reville
From the Story by: Jerome K. Jerome
Photography: C. Courant [real name: Curt Courant]
Editor: D.N. Twist [real name: Derek N. Twist]
Musical Score by: H. Bath [real name: Hubert Bath]
Under the Direction of: Louis Levy
[Sound] Recordist: F. McNally
Wardrobe: Marianne
Art Director: O. Werndorff [real name: Oscar Werndorff]
[Made] at Shepherd’s Bush, London
Cast
Conrad Veidt (The Stranger)
Anna Lee (Vivian)
René Ray (Stasia)
Frank Cellier (Wright)
John Turnbull (Major Tomkin)
Cathleen Nesbitt (Mrs Tomkin)
Ronald Ward (Chris Penny)
Beatrix Lehmann (Miss Kite)
Jack Livesey (Larkcom)
Sara Allgood (Mrs de Hooley)
Mary Clare (Mrs Sharpe)
Barbara Everest (Cook)
Alexander Sarner (the gramophone man)
Alternative Titles
Hyvä ihminen – Finland
Links
Remake of
The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1918)
References
Periodicals
- Film Weekly vol.14 no.366 (18 October 1935) pp.20, 31 – review
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.2 no.20 (September 1935) p.127 – credits, review (by A.V.)
- The Picturegoer vol.5 no.244 (25 January 1936) pp.8, 26 – review
Books
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.359 – credits
Other Sources
- BFI Southbank Guide May 2010 p.20 – illustrated listing
