The Fallen Idol
- Original title
- The Fallen Idol
- Year
- 1948
- Running time
- 95 min.
- Country
United Kingdom
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Ralph Richardson
- Michèle Morgan
- Sonia Dresdel
- Jack Hawkins
- Bobby Henrey
- Walter Fitzgerald
- Denis O'Dea
- Dandy Nichols
- Karel Stepanek
- Gerard Heinz
- Joan Young
- Dora Bryan
- Bernard Lee
- Geoffrey Keen
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- Music
- Cinematography
Georges Périnal (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Drama. Thriller | Childhood. Psychological Drama
- Movie Groups
- Graham Greene Adaptations
- Synopsis
- An eight-year-old ambassador’s son, left in the care of manservant Baines and his suspicious wife, witnesses what he believes to be a murder.
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- Rankings Position
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- #125 Best British Movies
- Awards
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1949: Academy Awards: 2 Nominations: Best Director and Best Screenplay1949: Golden Globe: Nominated for Best Foreign Film1948: BAFTA Awards: Best British Film. Nominated for Best Film1949: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Director. 3 Nominations1948: Venice Film Festival: Best Screenplay1949: NBR - National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- Critics' reviews
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"It might be lesser known, but certainly not deservingly so. This is a cracking piece of Brit cinema."
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"One of the great movies about childhood innocence accidentally violated by adults...Reed, an often inconsistent filmmaker, handles the brutal mechanics of the plot superbly"
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"They don't make movies like The Fallen Idol anymore, all the more reason to see it now while you can."
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"Of all the movies that try to take us into the mind and viewpoint of a child, Carol Reed's 1948 The Fallen Idol, adapted by Graham Greene from his short story, is one of the most ingenious."
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"A masterpiece of psychological suspense."
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"Graham Greene's screenplay is centered on the pivotal moment when a child first discovers sin, but the boy's perspective is neglected in favor of facile suspense structures and a thuddingly conventional whodunit finale."
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