The Promise (1969 film)

The Promise
The Promise
Directed by	Michael Hayes
Written by	Michael Hayes
Based on	a play by Aleksei Arbuzov
Produced by	Anthony B. Unger; Henry T. Weinstein
Starring	John Castle; Ian McKellen
Edited by	John Trumper
Music by	Iwan Williams
Production; companies	Howard & Wyndham Films and Television
Release date	December 1969;
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	less than £200,000

The Promise is a 1969 British drama film based on a play by Russian playwright Aleksei Arbuzov. Set in the Soviet Union during the Second World War, it is the story of a love triangle involving three young people caught up in the Siege of Leningrad. The film follows the main protagonists in the post-war years in an attempt to show the lasting effects of that relationship. It featured Ian McKellen's film debut.

The film was on the British Film Institute's BFI 75 Most Wanted list of lost films until a mislabelled copy was found in the British Film Institute's archive after an audit.^[2]^[3]^[1]

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John Castle as Marat Yestigneyev
Ian McKellen as Leonidik
Susan Macready as Lika Vasilyevna
Mary Jones as Mother
David Nettheim as Stepfather
David Garfield as Soldier

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "The Promise / BFI Most Wanted". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
^ "BFI Most Wanted". BFI.
^ "BFI Most Wanted". British Film Institute. Retrieved 28 November 2017.

External links[edit]

BFI 75 Most Wanted entry, with extensive notes
The Promise at IMDb

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[BFI75-1] "The Promise / BFI Most Wanted". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2014.

[2] "BFI Most Wanted". BFI.

[3] "BFI Most Wanted". British Film Institute. Retrieved 28 November 2017.

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