The_Promise_(1969_film)

<i>The Promise</i> (1969 film)

The Promise (1969 film)

1969 film directed by Michael Hayes

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.

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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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  1. [1]
    "The Promise / BFI Most Wanted". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  2. [2]
    "BFI Most Wanted". BFI.
  3. [3]
    "BFI Most Wanted". British Film Institute. Retrieved 28 November 2017.


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