No choice without agony

Movie
German title	No choice without agony
Original title	The Chiltern Hundreds
Country of production	United Kingdom
original language	English
Publishing year	1949
length	85 minutes
Rod
Director	John Paddy Carstairs
script	William Douglas-Home , Patrick Kirwan
production	George H. Brown
music	Benjamin Frankel
camera	Jack Hildyard
cut	George Clark
occupation
Cecil Parker : Beecham, the butler AE Matthews : Earl of Lister David Tomlinson : Tony, Viscount Pym Lana Morris : Bessie Sykes Marjorie Fielding : Countess of Lister Tom Macaulay : Cleghorn Joyce Carey : Lady Caroline Helen Backlin : June Farrell Gerald Anderson : Mr. Brown Michael Brennan : Sergeant Robert Cawdron : Sergeant Cyril Chamberlain : Sentry Peggy Ann Clifford : Mother Charles Cullum : Colonel Richard Dunn : Labor Party candidate Ambrosine Phillpotts : Lady Fielding Bill Shine : Reporter Anthony Steel : Adjutant Dervis Ward : Chauffeur

No choice without agony? (Original title: The Chiltern Hundreds ) is a British black and white comedy film from 1949 directed by John Paddy Carstairs . The script was written by William Douglas Home and Patrick Kirwan . It is based on the play of the same name by William Douglas Home. The leading roles are Cecil Parker , AE Matthews , David Tomlinson and Lana Morris . The film first came to the cinema on September 27, 1949 in London. In the Federal Republic of Germany it had its premiere on September 1, 1968 in the program of the First German Television ( ARD ).

action

When Viscount Tony Pym, a lieutenant in the British Army , collides with his Colonel while on vacation , his only chance to get on vacation is to feign political ambition. Because Pym is reluctant to kiss babies, he loses the election campaign in the traditional East Milton district against the Labor Party candidate . Because June, his fiancée, is disappointed with him, Pym appears as a representative of the socialists in the necessary by -election and is beaten again, this time by his own butler , who wants to protect the family's honor. Because Beecham, the butler, generously renounces his seat in the House of Commons and is content with the housemaid Bessie, Tony Pym finally becomes a Member of Parliament and a happy husband - much to the surprise of his father, whose motto is: “In England there are peers and crazy people no right to vote. "

Reviews

The Evangelical movie watchers reached for the German TV premiere his criticism as follows: "English Comedy [...] that makes fun of endearing way about the quirks of a gently dusty aristocracy and some choice methods. The film wins above all through its well-drawn types and through the punch-rich dialogue that has been retained in the synchronization. Nice fun, even from the age of 16. ”The lexicon of international films describes the work in a nutshell as“ a cheerful conversation that makes fun of aristocrats and politicians with typical English humor ”.

Web link

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Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 423/1968, p. 430
2. ↑ Lexicon of International Films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 1992.