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Adaptation of The Lady Vanishes Frank Launder , Sidney Gilliat , 1938 single work film/TV
Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 The Lady Vanishes
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Film Details - British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) ; Masterpiece , 2013

Producers:

Rebecca Eaton and Anne Pivcevic (executive producers).
Ann Tricklebank (producer).
Margaret Conway (line producer).

Production Companies:

BBC and Masterpiece.

Director of Photography:

Peter Greenhalgh.

Editors:

David Head.

Production Designers:

Susie Cullen.

Music:

John Lunn.

Cast:

Including Selina Cadell (Miss Froy), Zsuzsa David (Frau Kummer), Keeley Hawes (Mrs Todhunter / Laura Parmiter), Tom Hughes (Max Hare), Alex Jennings (The Professor), Gemma Jones (Rose Floodporter), Tuppence Middleton (Iris Carr), Julian Rhind-Tutt (Mr Todhunter / Sir Peveril), Pip Torrens (Reverend Kenneth Barnes), and Stephanie Cole (Evelyn Floodporter).

Release Dates:

Aired on the BBC on 17 March 2013.

Location:

  • Filmed in Budapest, Hungary, where (according to the director's blog on the BBC website), an entire 1930s' train was reconstructed for the shoot.
  • See 'The Lady Vanishes: Cramming a film crew into a train', 15 March 2013 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tv/posts/The-Lady-Vanishes-Cramming-a-film-crew-into-a-train). (Sighted: 5/4/2013)
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