The Fallen Idol

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Awards

Academy Awards 1950 - Nominated - Best Director

Academy Awards 1950 - Nominated - Best Screenplay

BAFTA Awards 1949 - Nominated - Best Film from any Source

BAFTA Awards 1949 - Won - Best British Film

Academy Awards 1950 - Nominated - Best Director

Academy Awards 1950 - Nominated - Best Screenplay

BAFTA Awards 1949 - Nominated - Best Film from any Source

BAFTA Awards 1949 - Won - Best British Film

Bodil Awards 1950 - Won - Best European Film

Golden Globe Awards 1950 - Nominated - Best Foreign Film

National Board of Review Awards 1949 - Won - Best Actor

National Board of Review Awards 1949 - Won - Best Screenplay

New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1949 - Won - Best Director

Venice Film Festival 1948 - Nominated - Golden Lion

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The Fallen Idol

Director:
Carol Reed
95 Minutes
 

At A Glance

Film Synopsis

The Fallen Idol was the first of three masterpieces to result from the legendary meeting of director Carol Reed and writer Graham Greene, who together would also create The Third Man and Our Man in Havana. Elegantly balancing suspense and farce, this tale of the fraught relationship between a boy and the beloved butler he suspects of murder is a delightfully macabre thriller of the first order and a visually and verbally dazzling knockout.

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Details

Runtime:
95 min.

Country:
UNITED KINGDOM

Language:
English/American

Color:
Color

Plot Summary

SPECIAL FEATURES: 

  • New, restored high-definition digital transfer
  • A Sense of Carol Reed, a 2006 documentary featuring interviews with director Carol Reed's friends and collaboratorsIllustrated Reed filmography
  • Original press book
  • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: A book featuring new essays by film critic Geoffrey O'Brien, author David Lodge, and Reed biographer Nicholas Wapshott

 

 

 

Cast & Crew

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Directed by
Carol Reed

Produced by
Carol Reed

Writing credits
Graham Greene

Cast

Ralph Richardson
Michele Morgan
Bernard Lee
Bobby Henrey
Jack Hawkins
Sonia Dresdel
Dora Bryan

 

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