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The Windmill is a British film of genre Drama directed by Arthur B. Woods with Hugh Williams
The Windmill (1937)
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Add to a movie listThe Windmill is a 1937 British drama film directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Hugh Williams, Glen Alyn and Henry Mollison. During the First World War, the German adopted daughter of a Belgian innkeeper tries to balance her loyalty to her father, who is a spy for the Germans, and her love for a British soldier billited in their inn. It was based on a novel by John Drabble.
Actors
Hugh Williams
(Lt Peter Ellington)
Glen Alyn
(Clodine Asticot)
Henry Mollison
(Gaston Lafarge)
John Laurie
(M. Coutard)
Bruce Lester
(Officer)
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