Secret Lives (film)

This article is about the 1937 war drama. For the 2002 documentary, see Secret Lives: Hidden Children and Their Rescuers During WWII.

Secret Lives
Brigitte Horney (right) in a scene from the film.
Directed by	Edmond T. Gréville
Written by	Jeffrey Dell Edmond T. Gréville Basil Mason Hugh Perceval Paul de Sainte Colombe (novel)
Produced by	Hugh Perceval
Starring	Brigitte Horney Neil Hamilton Raymond Lovell
Cinematography	Otto Heller
Edited by	Ray Pitt
Music by	Walter Goehr
Production company	Phoenix Films
Distributed by	Associated British Film Distributors
Release date	27 September 1937 (1937-09-27)
Running time	79 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Secret Lives is a 1937 British war drama film directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Brigitte Horney, Neil Hamilton and Raymond Lovell. It was made at Ealing Studios by the independent Phoenix Films.^[1] The screenplay concerns a young woman who is recruited into the French secret service.

The film is also known by the alternative title of I Married a Spy.

Plot

At the outbreak of the First World War a young German-born woman living in Paris is interned and then recruited into the French secret service for operations against Germany.

Cast

• Brigitte Horney as Lena Schmidt
• Neil Hamilton as Lt. Pierre de Montmalion
• Raymond Lovell as German Secret Service Chief
• Charles Carson as Henri
• Ivor Barnard as Baldhead
• Frederick Lloyd as French Secret Service Chief
• Leslie Perrins as J 14
• Gyles Isham as Franz Abel
• Hay Petrie as Robert Pigeon
• Ben Field as Karl Schmidt
• Ralph Truman as Prison Guard

References

1. Wood p.92

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• Secret Lives at IMDb