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- BFI identifier29127
- Date1948-10-25 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisThe ambassador at a foreign embassy in London goes home to collect his wife, who has been recovering from an illness for the last eight months. Their son Felipe stays behind, under the supervision of Baines, the butler, and his wife. After Mrs Baines, unhinged by the discovery of her husband's love affair with Julie, dies in mysterious circumstances, Felipe becomes convinced that Baines has murdered his wife and tries to protect him from the police but ends up drawing attention to the contradictions in Baines' story. (Synopsis)
- Work historyStudio note: Produced at London Film Studios Shepperton with some scenes shot at Worton Hall Studios, Isleworth (Patricia Warren, 'British film studios: an illustrated history', B.T. Batsford Ltd, 2001, pages 101, 151).
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- CreditsDirected by: Carol Reed
Production Company/Presents: London Film Productions
Produced by: Carol Reed
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Title
The Fallen Idol (Original)
The Lost Illusion (Alternative)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/F137-57A5-01A2-C74B-BDFD-DCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
- Collections
- Film / Video
LTO5 - Video - MP4 - Viewing
LTO5 - Video - MP4 - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - Acetate - Combined - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - Polyester - Combined - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - Polyester - Combined - Viewing
VHS cassette - Video - Viewing
D3 - Video - Viewing
view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Original story: "The Basement Room", by Graham Greene - SCR-7690
Script - Original story: "The Basement Room", by Graham Greene - SCR-7691
Ephemera: publicity - PBS-29127
Ephemera: publicity - PBM-29127
Ephemera: publicity - PBM-29128
Medium pressbook held.Small BFI press-sheet [for new print]. See CAROL REED Collection List.
view all - Posters / DesignsPoster: film - Single sheet landscape - PD-631
Poster: film - Single sheet landscape - PD-20331
Poster: film - Single sheet landscape - PD-20332
view all - StillsPhotograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00n-ki7
Photograph: print - Portrait - Black and White - bfi-00n-ki6
Photograph: print - Portrait - Black and White - bfi-00n-ki5
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00n-ki4
Photograph: publicity - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00n-v4k
view all - ArticlesPremiere v19 n7 April 2006 - ReviewEmpire n206 August 2006 - ReviewEmpire n198 December 2005 - DVD ReviewSight and Sound v8 n1 January 1998 - Articleview all
- Books
- +The Fallen Idol
Work - 29127 - 1948-10-25 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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