Collections Search | BFI | British Film Institute

Dark Journey (Original title)The Anxious Years (Alternative title)
Date: 1937 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Victor Saville

Synopsis: Madeleine Godard is suspected of being a spy in war-time Sweden due to her frequent trips to Paris. A German agent discovers that she is leading a dangerous double life.

Genre:
War

Subjects:
World War I, Espionage, Sweden
Releases
Date: 1937Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 77 mins Length: 7238 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (26)
Production Company: London Film Productions, A Presentation by: Alexander Korda, A Production by: Victor Saville, Film Play: Lajos Biró, Scenario/Dialogue: Arthur Wimperis, Director of Photography: Georges Périnal, Director of Photography: Harry Stradling, [Camera Operator]: Jack Cardiff, Special Effects: Ned Mann, Assistant Special Effects: Edward Cohen, Lawrence Butler, Supervising Editor: William Hornbeck, Editor: Hugh Stewart, [Assistant Editor]: Lionel Hoare, [Orchestrations]: Roy Douglas, Settings: André Andrejew, [Settings]: Ferdinand Bellan, Costumes: René Hubert, Music: Richard Addinsell, Music Director: Muir Mathieson, Sound Director: A.W. Watkins, Sound Recording: Charles Tasto, Sound Mixer: J.C. Cook, Technical Adviser: L. Stackell, Studio: Denham Studios
Cast (24)
Conrad Veidt (Baron Karl von Marlwitz), Vivien Leigh (Madeleine Goddard), Joan Gardner (Lupita), Anthony Bushell (Bob Carter), Ursula Jeans (Gertrude), Margery Pickard (Colette), Eliot Makeham (Anatole Bergen), Austin Trevor (Dr Muller), Sam Livesey (Major Schaeffer), Edmund Willard (General Berlin of German Intelligence), Charles Carson (head of 5th Bureau), Phil Ray (Faber), Henry Oscar (Swedish magistrate), Lawrence Hanray (Cottin), Cecil Parker (captain of Q-boat), Reginald Tate (mate of Q-boat), Percy Walsh (captain of Swedish packet), Robert Newton (officer of U-boat), William Dewhurst (killer), Laidman Browne (Rugge), N. Martin Harvey (Bohlan), Anthony Holles (Dutchman), Nina Keech ([Grand Hotel guest]), John Clifford