Two Fathers (film)

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Two Fathers
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Directed by Anthony Asquith
Written byAnthony Asquith
V.S. Pritchett
Produced by Arthur Elton
Starring Bernard Miles
Paul Bonifas
CinematographyJonah Jones
Music by Clifton Parker
Distributed by Crown Film Unit
Release date
  • 1944 (1944)
Running time
13 min.
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Two Fathers (also known as 2 Fathers [1] ) is a 1944 British wartime propaganda short film directed by Anthony Asquith and made by the Crown Film Unit, a division of the Ministry of Information. [2] [1] It was written by Asquith and V.S. Pritchett.

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Plot

An Englishman and a Frenchman find themselves sharing a room in a hotel in an unidentified English location, and fall into conversation. The Englishman's son is in the Royal Air Force, and when the Frenchman shows him a photograph of his daughter, the Englishman remarks that it is less worrisome to have a daughter than a son at this time of war. The Frenchman replies that his daughter, a nurse by profession, is currently an active member of the Maquis. The Englishman says that he has received news that his son was forced to bail out of his plane over France the previous day, and the Frenchman observes that there are many thousands of French men and women who will risk their own safety to help a downed British airman. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Two Fathers". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  2. ↑ Ryall, Tom (2011). Anthony Asquith. Oxford University Press. ISBN   9781847794345 . Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Two Fathers at BritMovie (archived)


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