Laurence Olivier
Ivan Kouznetsoff
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The Demi-Paradise (also known as Adventure for Two) is a 1943 British comedy film made by Two Cities Films. It stars Laurence Olivier as a Soviet Russian inventor who travels to England to have his revolutionary propeller manufactured, and Penelope Dudley-Ward as the woman who falls in love with him.
In 1939, Russian engineer Ivan Kouznetsoff (Laurence Olivier) is in England to tout his new aeronautical design. Unfortunately, the distrustful Brits ignore Ivan's...
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- Dennis Schwartz
- Romance, Comedy
- Anthony Asquith
The Demi-Paradise is a 1943 British comedy film made by Two Cities Films. It stars Laurence Olivier as a Soviet Russian inventor who travels to England to have his revolutionary propeller manufactured, and Penelope Dudley-Ward as the woman who falls in love with him.
The Demi-Paradise (with its title taken from John of Gaunt's "scepter'd isle" speech in Richard II), finds Olivier playing a Russian engineer on the verge of WWII, who has come to England to get a working model built of a propeller he has designed to improve the performance of ice-breakers and make a big difference in the North Sea and the ...
- Anthony Asquith
- Laurence Olivier
Original title: The Demi-Paradise. 1943. Not Rated. 1h 54m. IMDb RATING. 6.2 /10. 537. YOUR RATING. Rate. Comedy Drama Romance. Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking ships.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Anthony Asquith
- 1944-03-07
Overview. Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking ships. Naïve about British people and convinced by hearsay that they are shallow and hypocritical, Ivan is both bemused and amused by them.
Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking ships. Naïve about British people and convinced by hearsay that they are shallow and hypocritical, Ivan is both bemused and amused by them.
