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- BFI identifier28763
- Date1944-09-04 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisThe daughter of a wealthy family falls in love with the household's butler after he joins the army for war service and rises to the rank of lieutenant. (Synopsis)
- Work historyThe character name played by Lilli Palmer is mis-spelt on the film's credits. Pronounced as Knudsen throughout the film (Palmer even says how it is spelt at one point), it appears as Kundsen in the end credits.
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- Subject
- CreditsDirector: Harold French
Production Company: Two Cities Films
An Anatole De Grunwald Production: Anatole de Grunwald
view all - CastPenelope Ward (Joan Heseltine)
Michael Wilding (Tom Gilbey)
Lilli Palmer (Brigid Kundsen [sic])
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Title
English without Tears (Original)
Her Man Gilbey (Alternative)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/77DC-C5A6-30FB-8CD9-286D-QCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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- Film / Video
35mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
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- StillsPhotograph: film still - Landscape - SPD-2631085
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- Digital documentsBFI Southbank Programme Notes May 2017
BFI Southbank Programme Notes May 2017
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- +English without Tears
Work - 28763 - 1944-09-04 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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