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Two Fathers is a British film of genre Drama directed by Anthony Asquith with Bernard Miles
Two Fathers (1944)
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Add to a movie listLength 13minutes
Directed by Anthony Asquith
OriginUnited-kingdom
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Rating61%
Two Fathers is a 1944 British wartime propaganda short film made by the Crown Film Unit, a division of the Ministry of Information, and directed by Anthony Asquith.
Synopsis
An Englishman (Bernard Miles) and a Frenchman (Paul Bonifas) 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.Actors
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