| The Divided Heart | |
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 The Divided Heart UK release poster | |
| Directed by | Charles Crichton |
| Written by | Jack Whittingham Richard Hughes |
| Produced by | Michael Truman |
| Starring | Cornell Borchers Yvonne Mitchell Armin Dahlen Alexander Knox |
| Cinematography | Otto Heller |
| Edited by | Peter Bezencenet |
| Music by | Georges Auric |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | General Film Distributors Republic Pictures (US) |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Divided Heart is a 1954 British black-and-white drama film directed by Charles Crichton and starring Cornell Borchers, Yvonne Mitchell and Armin Dahlen. The film is based on a true story[1][2] of a child, whose father was a member of Slovenian Partisans executed by Nazis and whose mother was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp, while little Ivan was, like other 300 babies and young children from Slovenia, whose parents were declared Banditen by Nazis, sent to Germany in a Nazi program known as Lebensborn.
It was made at Ealing Studios with sets designed by the art director Edward Carrick. Location shooting took place around St. Johann in Tirol in Austria.[3] The script was written by Jack Whittingham and Richard Hughes. It was produced by Michael Truman and edited by Peter Bezencenet, with cinematography by Otto Heller and music by Georges Auric. The Divided Heart was widely admired, and won three British Academy Film Awards.
Crichton said he was "deeply emotionally involved with" the film which he said "just about broke even."[4]
- ^ A stolen boy – and a divided heart, Slovenia Revealed, TV Slovenia website, 2015
- ^ Life Magazine 13 October 1952
- ^ Senn, Bryan. Ski Films: A Comprehensive Guide. McFarland, 2022. p.58
- ^ "Charles Crichton Interview" (PDF). British Entertainment History Project. 14 December 1988. p. 20-21.