The Lost People

The Lost People — Plot

Set in a German theatre after the Second World War, two British soldiers are holding a disparate and hostile band of refugees in this theatre, prior to returning them to their homelands. The soldiers have difficulty dealing with the rivalries between Serb and Croat, resistance fighter and collaborator, Pole and Russian, etc. The threat of plague briefly unites them, but eventually even this wears off and the refugees unite in their hostility to the British.

• Release date
• August 22, 1949
• Runtime
• 89 min
• Genres
• War, Drama
• Director
• Muriel Box

The Lost People — Cast

Dennis Price Ridley Mai Zetterling Lily Richard Attenborough Jan Siobhán McKenna Marie Maxwell Reed Peter William Hartnell Barnes Gerard Heinz Professor Zena Marshall Anna