Mr. Emmanuel

Mr Emmanuel
Directed by	Harold French
Produced by	William Sistrom
Written by	Louis Golding; Gordon Wellesley
Starring	Felix Aylmer
Music by	Mischa Spoliansky
Cinematography	Otto Heller
Distributed by	Two Cities Films
Release date(s)	2 October 1944
Running time	97 minutes (UK)
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Mr Emmanuel (1944) is a British film directed by Harold French, based on a 1938 novel by Louis Golding, who adapted the novel for the screen.

Plot synopsis

Mr Emmanuel, an elderly employee of a Jewish welfare agency in pre-WW2 London, is much taken with the story of Bruno, a young Jewish boy who has just arrived as a refugee from Germany and is attending an English school.

Himself a former refugee, Mr Emmanuel's sympathies are aroused for Bruno, who has not heard from his Mother and doesn't know where she is. Somewhat naively, he decides to travel to Germany to find her.

Emmanuel puts up at a boarding-house and starts asking questions, but everyone is too scared to give him information. The authorities are equally unhelpful. Eventually, they decide that, despite his innocent appearance and British passport, he may well be a spy, and arrest him. Mr Emmanuel sees fellow prisoners tortured and led off to certain execution.

He is eventually released, but instead of leaving the country, he continues to search for Bruno's Mother. He eventually finds her, but she is now married to a prominent Nazi and denies that she is Jewish or that she has a son.

Sadly, Mr Emmanuel returns to Britain and tells Bruno that he was unable to find his Mother.

Cast

• Felix Aylmer - Mr Emmanuel
• Peter Mullins - Bruno
• Greta Gynt - Elsie Silver
• Walter Rilla - Willi Brockenburg
• Ursula Jeans - Frau Heinkes
• Friedrich Richter - Herr Heinkes
• Elspeth March - Mrs. Cooper
• Myer Tzelnicker - Sam Silver
• Helen Misener - Mrs Silver
• Louis de Wohl - Herman Goering

References

• Encyclopaedia Britannica
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External links

• Mr Emmanuel at the Internet Movie Database