The Seventh Veil

feature film, 1945

DIRECTED BY: Compton Bennett

The Seventh Veil

CAST:
Ann Todd (Francesca),
James Mason (Nicholas),
Herbert Lom (Dr. Larsen),
Hugh McDermott (Peter Gay),
Albert Lieven (Maxwell Leyden)

SCRIPT:
Muriel Box,
Sydney Box

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Reginald H. Wyer

Synopsis:
Francesca, once a famous pianist, suffers from amnesia. After trying to commit suicide, she is treated in a mental hospital. Her psychiatrist Dr. Larsen helps her to remember the past and events that brought to her present condition. Through flashbacks, she slowly starts to remember the truth about her hard life and people who hurt her. It seems that the only support she has ever had was from her guardian Nicholas.

b/w, 35 mm, 94 min