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- The Seventh Veil is a 1945 British melodrama film directed by Compton Bennett and starring James Mason and Ann Todd. It was made by Ortus Films (a company established by producer Sydney Box) and released through General Film Distributors in the UK and Universal Pictures in the United States.
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The Seventh Veil is a 1945 British melodrama film directed by Compton Bennett and starring James Mason and Ann Todd. It was made by Ortus Films (a company established by producer Sydney Box) and released through General Film Distributors in the UK and Universal Pictures in the United States.
The Seventh Veil (1945, UK) In Compton Bennett's compelling musical melodrama about uncovering the 'seven veils' of the human mind of a romantically-thwarted concert pianist:
Dec 18, 2006 · One dark summer night, Francesca Cunningham, a once world famed pianist, escapes from her hospital room and tries to commit suicide by jumping off a local bridge. She is rescued and taken back to the hospital and undergoes psychological treatment by Dr. Larsen.
- Compton Bennett
- James Mason
The Seventh Veil is a 1945 British melodrama film made by Ortus Films (a company established by producer Sydney Box) and released through General Film Distributors in the UK and Universal Pictures in the United States.
- Compton Bennett
Given the date (1945) and the motive (obsessive jealousy), it sounds as though it came from one of the many Gainsborough costume melodramas that helped establish Mason as the era's biggest British star, but The Seventh Veil was in fact made independently by producer Sydney Box, its glossy sheen belying the relatively low budget (under £100,000 ...
- Compton Bennett
- Ortus Films, Theatrecraft
- Sydney Box
- Sydney & Muriel Box
Overview. A concert pianist with amnesia fights to regain her memory. Compton Bennett. Director. Sydney Box. Writer. Muriel Box. Writer. Join the Community.
“The Seventh veil” is an intense psychodrama, which uses gothic sets and expressionistic lighting to convey a grave sense of mental torture for its principal characters. Winner of an Academy award for best original screenplay in 1947, this film was a box-office success in Britain.
