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Set just after the end of WWII (but filmed in the middle of it) in a time of general euphoria at having won the war, with full employment and general happiness for all (or nearly all). Peter, the young wastrel son of a hard working hotel owner doesn't like the idea of having to work for a living. He discovers a society of "White Elephants" who are quite willing to be poor as long as they don't have to work. They are protected and guided by Nina (Margaret Lockwood) and her precocious sister Heidi (Jean Simmons).Read moreLess
Set just after the end of WWII (but filmed in the middle of it) in a time of general euphoria at having won the war, with full employment and general happiness for all (or nearly all). Peter, the young wastrel son of a hard working hotel owner doesn't like the idea of having to work for a living. He discovers a society of "White Elephants" who are quite willing to be poor as long as they don't have to work. They are protected and guided by Nina (Margaret Lockwood) and her precocious sister Heidi (Jean Simmons).
The story
Set just after the end of WWII (but filmed in the middle of it) in a time of general euphoria at having won the war, with full employment and general happiness for all (or nearly all). Peter, the young wastrel son of a hard working hotel owner doesn't like the idea of having to work for a living. He discovers a society of "White Elephants" who are quite willing to be poor as long as they don't have to work. They are protected and guided by Nina (Margaret Lockwood) and her precocious sister Heidi (Jean Simmons).
Cast & crew
Margaret Lockwood
Vic OliverSascha
Peter GravesPeter Pyke
Roland CulverFerdinand
Jean SimmonsHeidi
Eliot MakehamDumka
George RelphOtto
Max BaconJacobus
Gibb McLaughlinMarcel
Irene HandlMiss Haddock
Henry HewittAnnouncerExplore the crew
- Producer
- Edward Black
- Writer
- Val Guest
- Director
- Val Guest
- Director of Photography
- Phil Grindrod
- Original Music Composer
- Bob Busby
- Editor
- R. E. Dearing