1919 (film)

1919 is a 1985 British drama film directed by Hugh Brody and written by Michael Ignatieff together with Brody. It was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival.

Cast

  • Paul Scofield as Alexander Scherbatov
  • Maria Schell as Sophie Rubin
  • Frank Finlay as Sigmund Freud (voice)
  • Diana Quick as Anna
  • Clare Higgins as Young Sophie
  • Colin Firth as Young Alexander
  • Sandra Berkin as Nina
  • Alan Tilvern as Sophies father
  • Bridget Amies as Child's Nurse
  • Willy Bowman
  • Norman Chancer
  • References

    External links

  • 1919 at the Internet Movie Database
  • 1919 in film

    The year 1919 in film involved some significant events.

    Events

  • February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists
  • Oscar Micheaux releases The Homesteader, starring pioneering African-American actress Evelyn Preer, becoming the first African-American to produce and direct a motion picture.
  • Harold Lloyd begins holding test screenings of his films and modifying them based on audience feedback, a technique which is still used today.
  • Tri-Ergon sound-on-film technology is developed by three German inventors, Josef Engl, Hans Vogt, and Joseph Massole; however, the era of sound films is over 6 years away.
  • Ken Hill and Kenny Hill launch Coplin Artists
  • Top grossing films (U.S.)

    Notable films released in 1919

    U.S.A. unless stated

  • Anne of Green Gables, directed by William Desmond Taylor; starring Mary Miles Minter and Paul Kelly
  • Ask Father, a Harold Lloyd short
  • The Avalanche directed by George Fitzmaurice starring Elsie Ferguson
  • Back Stage, a 'Fatty' Arbuckle / Buster Keaton short.
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