The Seventh Veil (1945)
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78% of users liked it
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Ann Todd stars as an amnesiac mental patient, Francesca Cunningham, who hopes that psychiatrist Dr. Larsen (Herbert Lom) will help her lift the veils of her memory. In a series of flashbacks counterpointed by a lush piano concerto background score, Francesca discovers that she has been a victim of… More Ann Todd stars as an amnesiac mental patient, Francesca Cunningham, who hopes that psychiatrist Dr. Larsen (Herbert Lom) will help her lift the veils of her memory. In a series of flashbacks counterpointed by a lush piano concerto background score, Francesca discovers that she has been a victim of the cruelties of others all her life. Only Nicholas (James Mason), an embittered, crippled musician, has ever shown her any compassion, training the girl to become a top concert pianist. Even he turned on Francesca when she becomes romantically involved with other men, but as the flashbacks end, Francesca arrives at a startling realization about Nicholas's true feelings for her. Filmed on a shoestring, The Seventh Veil rang in as the biggest British box-office success of 1946. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Compton Bennett
- Written By
- Muriel Box, Sydney Box
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Dec 25, 1945 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Infused with Freudian psychology, which was popular at the time, this Oscar-winning amnesia melodrama is very well acted by James Mason as the Svengali-like figure and Ann Todd as his pianist protege.
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Cast
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James Mason
as Nicholas
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Ann Todd
as Francesca Cunningham
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Herbert Lom
as Dr. Larson
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Albert Lieven
as Maxwell Leyden
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Hugh McDermott
as Peter Gay
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Yvonne Owen
as Susan Brook
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David Horne
as Dr. Kendal
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Manning Whiley
as Dr. Irving
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Muir Mathieson
as Conductor
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Grace Allardyce
as Nurse
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Ernest Davies
as Parker
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John Slater
as James
- Beatrice Varley
- Margaret Withers
