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A Tale of Five Cities (Original title)A Tale of Five Women (Alternative title)Fünf Mädschen Und Ein Mann (Alternative title)5 Städte - 5 Mädschen (Alternative title)
Date: 11 June 1951 (Release)

Countries: United Kingdom, Italy, France, Austria, Federal Republic of Germany

Director of British sequence: Montgomery Tully, Romolo Marcellini, Wolfgang Staudte, Emile-Edwin Reinert, Geza von Cziffra

Synopsis: A young English pilot with amnesia traces his life and finds he has been involved with a girl in five European cities - London, Paris, Rome, Berlin and Vienna. At the end he finds he is free to marry the American reporter who was his benefactor.

Genre:
Drama
Releases
Date: 1951Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 99 mins Length: 8887 FeetDialogue (original): English

Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)

Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 94.02 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1188136
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access


Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 94.02 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1188137
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access



Video materials(2)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 94.02 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1188136
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access


Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 94.02 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1188137
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access



Film materials(1)
Description: 16mm Dupe BW negativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 3544 FeetBFI identifier: C-708081
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film