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FRIEDA
This 1947 classic about post-war anti-German sentiment in Britain makes its Bluray debut
Certificate: 12 Director: Basil Dearden Cast: Mai Zetterling, David Farrar, Glynis Johns Released: Out now
Although best remembered for light comedies such as The Man in the White Suit (1951) and Passport to Pimlico (1949), Ealing Studios also made a number of dramas and were not ones to shy away from serious social issues.
Following the end of World War II, antiGerman sentiment was still high and there were questions as to whether the country and its people could ever move on. is a film that examines these attitudes in Britain shortly before and immediately after the end of the war. The film follows the title character (Mai Zetterling), a young German woman who arrives in England with one Robert Dawson (David Farrar) to become his wife. As well as contending with the small-town English locals, Frieda must also deal with her brother, still a committed Nazi who believes that
