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The commoner is a happy cockney plumber by the name of Bert Gibbs. Bert comes into contact with the celebrated Russian movie star Ilya Myona. Desperate for publicity and aware that nobility make for good copy, Ilya persuades Bert to pose as her fiancé (with the possibility of persuading him to go through with the marriage if need be). Things are complicated by a pair of anarchic Bolsheviks, one of whom has a daughter named Lenina who knows Bert from his plumber days and is quite in love with him.Read moreLess
The commoner is a happy cockney plumber by the name of Bert Gibbs. Bert comes into contact with the celebrated Russian movie star Ilya Myona. Desperate for publicity and aware that nobility make for good copy, Ilya persuades Bert to pose as her fiancé (with the possibility of persuading him to go through with the marriage if need be). Things are complicated by a pair of anarchic Bolsheviks, one of whom has a daughter named Lenina who knows Bert from his plumber days and is quite in love with him.
The story
The commoner is a happy cockney plumber by the name of Bert Gibbs. Bert comes into contact with the celebrated Russian movie star Ilya Myona. Desperate for publicity and aware that nobility make for good copy, Ilya persuades Bert to pose as her fiancé (with the possibility of persuading him to go through with the marriage if need be). Things are complicated by a pair of anarchic Bolsheviks, one of whom has a daughter named Lenina who knows Bert from his plumber days and is quite in love with him.
Cast & crew
Jerry VernoBert Gibbs
Ben WeldenWashington Roosevelt Lincoln
Polly WardLeninia
Peter GawthorneFerguson, the Butler
Patrick LudlowHon. Grimsthwaite
Valerie HobsonLast Face in Montage (uncredited)
Anna LeeScrub Girl Chorine (uncredited)
Ray NobleOrchestra Leader (uncredited)Explore the crew
- Director
- Michael Powell
- Director of Photography
- Geoffrey Faithfull
- Editor
- Arthur Seabourne
- Producer
- Jerome Jackson
- Writer
- Ralph Smart