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A Russian Inventor Falls in Love with a British Socialite Who Challenges His Conceptions of the Capitalist System But Helps to Get Shipbuilders to Manufactur...
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Nov 12, 2018 · Laurence Olivier War Romance Full Movie | The Demi-Paradise (1943) | Retrospective. Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war...
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Sep 21, 2011 · A Russian inventor goes to England to promote his new propeller device, but he is not readily accepted by the people. No one in 1939 England trusts a foreigner. When Russia and England unite ...
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The Demi-Paradise (also known as Adventure for Two) is a 1943 British comedy film made by Two Cities Films. It stars Laurence Olivier as a Soviet Russian inventor who travels to England to have his revolutionary propeller manufactured, and Penelope Dudley-Ward as the woman who falls in love with him.
Adventure for Two: Directed by Anthony Asquith. With Laurence Olivier, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Marjorie Fielding, Margaret Rutherford. Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking ships.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Anthony Asquith
- 1944-03-07
A Russian inventor tries to cope with British life while helping the country prepare for war.
Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking ships. Naïve about British people and convinced by hearsay that they are shallow and hypocritical, Ivan is both bemused and amused by them. He is blunt in his opinions about Britons and at first this puts off his hosts, including the lovely Ann ...
