Portrait from Life

Portrait from Life
British quad poster (1950s re-release)
Directed byTerence Fisher
Written by
Story byDavid Evans
Produced byAntony Darnborough
Starring
CinematographyJack Asher
Edited byVladimir Sagovsky
Music byBenjamin Frankel
Production
company
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors
Release date
  • 15 December 1948 (1948-12-15) (London)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£132,800[1][2]
Box office£150,000 (by 1953)[1] or £136,900[2]
245,405 admissions (France)[3]

Portrait from Life (also known as Lost Daughter and Journey into Yesterday; U.S. title: The Girl in the Painting)[4] is a 1948 British drama film directed by Terence Fisher and starring Mai Zetterling, Robert Beatty and Guy Rolfe.[5]

  1. ^ a b Spicer, Andrew (5 September 2006). Sydney Box. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719059995 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 354. Income is in terms of producer's share of receipts.
  3. ^ Box office information for Terence Fisher films in France at Box office Story
  4. ^ Hal Erickson. "Portrait from Life (1948) - Terence Fisher - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  5. ^ "Portrait from Life". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 7 July 2024.