Directed by:
Anatole LitvakScreenplay:
George TaboriCinematography:
Jack HildyardComposer:
Georges AuricCast:
Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Jason Robards, Robert Morley, E.G. Marshall, Anne Jackson, Ron Howard, David Kossoff, Gérard Oury, Anouk Aimée, Senta Berger (more)VOD (1)
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Deborah Kerr is Lady Diana Ashmore, caught at the wrong side of the Hungarian-Austrian border in 1956, and Yul Brynner is Major Surov, a Russian commander who works at the border crossing. With the outbreak of the 1956 rebellion, the Budapest airport is shut down and Diana, along with other international travellers, are forced to reach Vienna by bus. Along for the ride is one of the Hungarian dissenters hunted by the police, Paul (Jason Robards, Jr.). Diana and Paul are in love and she is determined to protect his secret. Major Surov suspects a rebel is hidden on the bus, but he does not know which passenger is the guilty one. As interaction continues at the border, Diana is attracted to the Major and his complex character, even against her will. Their developing relationship and strong personalities carry the story from start to finish. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Deborah Kerr
UK
Best movies:
Julius Caesar (1953)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Trumbo (2015) - a.f.
Yul Brynner
Best movies:
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Goodbye Again (1961)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Jason Robards
USA
Best movies:
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004 (2006) (video compilation)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Philadelphia (1993)
Robert Morley
UK
Best movies:
E.G. Marshall
USA
Best movies:
12 Angry Men (1957)
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Christmas Vacation (1989)
Anne Jackson
USA
Best movies:
The Shining (1980)
Folks! (1992)
The Angel Levine (1970)
Ron Howard
USA
Best movies:
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
American Graffiti (1973)
The Shootist (1976)
David Kossoff
UK
Best movies:
Freud (1962)
Summer Holiday (1963)
The Mouse That Roared (1959)
Gérard Oury
France
Best movies:
Back to the Wall (1958)
The Detective (1954)
La Nuit est mon royaume (1951)
Anouk Aimée
France
Best movies:
A Man and a Woman (1966)
The Sweet Life (1960)
The Best Years of a Life (2019)
Senta Berger
Austria
Best movies:
Cross of Iron (1977)
Two Times Lotte (1950)
Shots in 3/4 Time (1965)
Iván Petrovich
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Street of Sorrow (1925)
Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
The Magician (1926)
Maurice Sarfati
France
Best movies:
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
Inspector Maigret (1958)
La Louve solitaire (1968)
Kurt Kasznar
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Kiss Me Kate (1953)
Michael Janisch
Austria
Best movies:
The Last Ten Days (1955)
Killer's Carnival (1966)
The 5th Musketeer (1979)
Marie Daëms
France
Best movies:
Life Together (1958)
Crime Does Not Pay (1962)
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Siegfried Schürenberg
German Empire
Best movies:
The Bridge (1959)
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The Mysterious Magician (1964)
Charles Regnier
Switzerland
Best movies:
Die schöne Lügnerin (1959)
No Place to Go (2000)
Freud (1962)
Ernst Konstantin
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Adventure in Berlin (1952)
Jerry Fujikawa
USA
Best movies:
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How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Midway (1976)