The Demi-Paradise (1943)
November 18, 1943Release Date
The Demi-Paradise (1943)
November 18, 1943Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
![Laurence Olivier](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/33441-laurence-olivier.webp)
Laurence Olivier
Ivan Kouznetsoff
![Penelope Dudley-Ward](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/102053-penelope-dudley-ward.webp)
Penelope Dudley-Ward
Ann Tisdall
![Marjorie Fielding](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/59968-marjorie-fielding.webp)
Marjorie Fielding
Mrs. Tisdall
![Margaret Rutherford](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/38005-margaret-rutherford.webp)
Margaret Rutherford
Rowena Ventnor
![Felix Aylmer](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/13018-felix-aylmer.webp)
Felix Aylmer
Mr. Runalow
![Anthony Asquith](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/93342-anthony-asquith.webp)
Anthony Asquith
Director
![George Thorpe](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
George Thorpe
Herbert Tisdall
![Anatole de Grunwald](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/173841-anatole-de-grunwald.webp)
Anatole de Grunwald
Writer
![Leslie Henson](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/109432-leslie-henson.webp)
Leslie Henson
Himself
![Nicholas Brodszky](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Nicholas Brodszky
Composer
![Guy Middleton](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/37887-guy-middleton.webp)
Guy Middleton
Dick Christian
![Bernard Knowles](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/241237-bernard-knowles.webp)
Bernard Knowles
Cinematographer
![Michael Shepley](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/37889-michael-shepley.webp)
Michael Shepley
Mr. Walford
![Renee Woods](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Renee Woods
Editor
![Edie Martin](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/190729-edie-martin.webp)
Edie Martin
Miss Winifred Tisdall
![Muriel Aked](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/186634-muriel-aked.webp)
Muriel Aked
Mrs. Tisdall-Stanton
![Joyce Grenfell](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/17604-joyce-grenfell.webp)
Joyce Grenfell
Sybil Paulson
![Everley Gregg](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/25887-everley-gregg.webp)
Everley Gregg
Mrs. Flannel
![Jack Watling](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/56584-jack-watling.webp)
Jack Watling
Tom
![David Keir](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
David Keir
Jordan
![Miles Malleson](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/8293-miles-malleson.webp)
Miles Malleson
Theatre Cashier
![Aubrey Mallalieu](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/81554-aubrey-mallalieu.webp)
Aubrey Mallalieu
Toomes, the Butler
![John Laurie](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/40375-john-laurie.webp)
John Laurie
Wounded Sailor
![Brian Nissen](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/14333-brian-nissen.webp)
Brian Nissen
George Tisdall
![John Boxer](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
John Boxer
British Sailor
![Johnnie Schofield](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/284698-johnnie-schofield.webp)
Johnnie Schofield
Ernie
![Marie Ault](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22357-marie-ault.webp)
Marie Ault
Mrs. Jones
![Alexis Chesnakov](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Alexis Chesnakov
Russian Delegate
![Mavis Clair](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Mavis Clair
Barmaid
![George Cole](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/17603-george-cole.webp)
George Cole
Percy
![Harry Fowler](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/64208-harry-fowler.webp)
Harry Fowler
Small Boy (An Evacuee)
![Gladys Henson](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/60950-gladys-henson.webp)
Gladys Henson
Mrs. Frost
Media.
![The Demi-Paradise](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/82068-the-demi-paradise.webp)
Details.
Wiki.
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. It was directed by Anthony Asquith and produced by Anatole de Grunwald and Filippo Del Giudice from a screenplay by de Grunwald. The music score was by Nicholas Brodszky and the cinematography by Bernard Knowles. The film was shot at Denham Studios with sets designed by the art director Carmen Dillon.
The film is a gentle satire on the values the English hold so dear. It was designed to encourage sympathy between Britain and the Soviet Union. The film's title is a reference to John of Gaunt's famous speech in Richard II which begins:
This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise