United States / Feb 12, 1942 / New York City, New York
The man the Gestapo hates!
2h 0min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of the Aryan origins of German civilisation. However, he has a secret agenda: to free inmates of the concentration camps.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Allan Jeayes | Dr Benckendorf |
| Dennis Arundell | Hoffman |
| Joan Kemp-Welch | School-Teacher |
| Philip Friend | Spencer |
| Laurence Kitchin | Clarence Elstead |
| David Tomlinson | Steve |
| Basil Appleby | Jock MacIntyre |
| Percy Walsh | Dvorak |
| Suzanne Clair | Salesgirl |
| Roland Pertwee | Embassy Official - Sir George Smith |
| Charles Paton | Steinhof |
| Aubrey Mallalieu | Dean |
| George Street | Schmidt |
| Oriel Ross | Lady Willoughby |
| Bryan Herbert | Jaromir |
| Arthur Hambling | Jordan |
| Ben Williams | Graubitz |
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| Ernest Butcher | Weber |
| Mary Brown | Girl Student |
| W. Phillip | Innkeeper |
| Ilse Bard | Gretchen |
| Ernest Verne | German Officer |
| Hector Abbas | Karl Meyer |
| Neal Arden | Second Prisoner |
| Richard George | Prison Guard |
| Roddy Hughes | Zigor |
| Hugh Pryse | Wagner |
| Michael Brennan | Camp Guard with Lantern |
| Elwyn Brook-Jones | Bit Part |
| Sebastian Cabot | Bit Role |
| Peter Cozens | Man |
| Arthur Denton | Gestapo Man Following Smith |
| Irene Handl | Bit Part |
| Vincent Holman | Doctor at Diggings |
| Ronald Howard | Minor Role |
| Stuart Latham | Telephone Operator |
| Michael Rennie | Prison Camp Officer |
| Charles Rolfe | German Officer at Customs |
| John Slater | Reporter |
| Harry Terry | Camp Guard |
| A.E. Matthews | Earl of Meadowbrook |
Genres
AdventureDramaThriller
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | "Pimpernel" Smith |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English, Italiano |
| Production countries | United Kingdom |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | British National Films |
| Release date | 28 luglio 1941 |
| Production | Leslie Howard, Harold Huth |
| Writer | Anatole de Grunwald, Wolfgang Wilhelm, A. G. MacDonell, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, Roland Pertwee |
| Editing | Douglas Myers, Sidney Cole |
| Cinematography | Mutz Greenbaum, Jack Hildyard |
| Assistant directors | George Pollock, Leslie Howard |
| Camera operators | Jack Hildyard, Mutz Greenbaum |
| Additional photography | Mutz Greenbaum, Jack Hildyard |
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| Production design | Duncan Sutherland |
| Art direction | Duncan Sutherland |
| Set decoration | Duncan Sutherland |
| Music | John Greenwood, John Dennis, Muir Mathieson, A.W. Watkins |
| Sound | John Dennis, Muir Mathieson, A.W. Watkins, John Greenwood |
Release dates
Limited release
Belgium / Oct 13, 1944 / Brussels
Netherlands / Jun 22, 1945 / Den Haag
France / Apr 30, 1947 / Paris
Theatrical release
United Kingdom / Jul 28, 1941 / U
Mexico / Feb 04, 1943
Finland / May 13, 1945
Denmark / May 14, 1945
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Sweden / May 22, 1945
Portugal / Oct 15, 1945
Hungary / Dec 04, 1945
XC / May 03, 1946
France / Dec 10, 1947
Physical media
Italy / Apr 24, 2013 / DVD
United States / Nov 15, 2016 / Blu-ray
TV
Italy / Apr 28, 2024
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