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Letter from Home is a British film of genre Documentary directed by Carol Reed released in USA on 1 december 1941 with Joyce Grenfell

Letter from Home (1941)

Letter from Home
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Released in USA 1 december 1941
Length 17minutes
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Rating71% 3.571923.571923.571923.571923.57192

A Letter from Home is a 1941 short documentary film directed by Carol Reed. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

Synopsis

Une mère anglaise écrit à ses enfants, envoyés aux États-Unis, et leur raconte les détails de sa vie, comme responsable d'un abri anti-aérien par exemple.

Actors

Joyce Grenfell

(Mrs Rogers)Celia Johnson

(Mrs Taylor)Kathleen Harrison

(Ethel)Athene Seyler

(Mrs Ashford)Edie Martin

(Bespectacled Shopper)
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