Adventure for Two (1943)

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Country: UK
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 1944-03-07
Director: Anthony Asquith
Writers: Anatole de Grunwald
Language: English | Russian
Stars: Laurence Olivier (1907–1989) , Penelope Dudley-Ward , Marjorie Fielding , Margaret Rutherford , Felix Aylmer (1889–1979) , George Thorpe , Guy Middleton , Michael Shepley , Edie Martin
Runtime: 114 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Metade do Paraíso (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Casi un paraíso (Mexico) , Muukalainen paratiisissa (Finland) , The Demi-Paradise (United Kingdom) , Adventure for Two (United States of America) , Han kom som en fremmed (Denmark) , Oi peripeteia enos Rossou sto Londino (Greece) , O Coração não Tem Fronteiras (Brazil) , Полурай , Han kom som en främling (Sweden) , Nuovo orizzonte (Italy) , The Demi-Paradise , L'étranger (France, French Republic) , As Portas do Paraíso (Brazil) , Han kom som en fremmed (Norway) , Túlsó part (Hungary)
Plot: 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. Naive 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 Tisdall, whose grandfather runs the shipbuilding firm that will make use of Ivan's propeller. The longer Ivan stays, however, the more he comes to understand the humor, warmth, strength, and conviction of the British people, and the more they come to see him as a friend, rather than merely a suspicious Russian. As a romantic bond grows between Ivan and Ann, a cultural bond begins to grow as well, particularly as the war begins, and Russia is attacked by Germany.
IMDB:tt0035793