Two Fathers (film)

Two Fathers
Directed by Anthony Asquith
Produced by Arthur Elton
Written by Anthony Asquith
V.S. Pritchett
Starring Bernard Miles
Paul Bonifas
Music by Clifton Parker
Cinematography Jonah Jones
Distributed by Crown Film Unit
Release dates
1944
Running time
13 min.
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Two Fathers is a 1944 British wartime propaganda short film made by the Crown Film Unit, a division of the Ministry of Information, and directed by Anthony Asquith.[1]

Plot

An Englishman (Bernard Miles) and a Frenchman (Paul Bonifas) find themselves sharing a room in a hotel in an unidentified English location, and fall into conversation. The Englishman's son is in the Royal Air Force, and when the Frenchman shows him a photograph of his daughter, the Englishman remarks that it is less worrisome to have a daughter than a son at this time of war. The Frenchman replies that his daughter, a nurse by profession, is currently an active member of the Maquis. The Englishman says that he has received news that his son was forced to bail out of his plane over France the previous day, and the Frenchman observes that there are many thousands of French men and women who will risk their own safety to help a downed British airman.

References

  1. Ryall, Tom (2011). Anthony Asquith. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781847794345. Retrieved 19 January 2016.


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