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The Seventh Veil ()

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A concert pianist with amnesia fights to regain her memory.
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  • Won 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.
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Nicholas
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Francesca
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Dr. Larsen
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Peter Gay
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Maxwell Leyden
Yvonne Owen ...
Susan Brook
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Dr. Kendall
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Dr. Irving
Grace Allardyce ...
Nurse
Ernest Davies ...
Parker
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James
Arnold Goldsborough ...
Conductor
Muir Mathieson ...
Conductor
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Toni Gable ...
Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Pat Hagan ...
Dancer (uncredited)
Gerry Judge ...
Dancer (uncredited)
Louis Matto ...
Waiter (uncredited)
Tony Mendleson ...
Audience Member (uncredited)
Pat Ryan ...
Dancer (uncredited)
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Directed by

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Compton Bennett

Written by

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Muriel Box ... (original story) and
Sydney Box ... (original story)
 
Muriel Box ... (screenplay) and
Sydney Box ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Sydney Box ... producer

Music by

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Benjamin Frankel ... (as Ben Frankel)

Cinematography by

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Reginald H. Wyer ... director of photography

Editing by

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Gordon Hales

Editorial Department

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Helga Cranston ... first assistant editor (uncredited)

Costume Design by

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Dorothy Sinclair ... (dresses)

Makeup Department

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Frieda Steiger ... hair stylist (as Freda Steiger)
Nell Taylor ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Knox Laing ... production manager
A.R. Shipman ... production executive (uncredited)

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Bert Dorsett ... first assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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James A. Carter ... set designer (as James Carter)
Frank O. Salisbury ... painter: portrait of Miss Todd
Ivan King ... draughtsman (uncredited)

Sound Department

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George Burgess ... director of sound (as George E. Burgess)
L. Clark ... sound recordist
Gordon Hay ... boom operator (uncredited)
Arthur F. Kelly ... sound camera operator (uncredited)
William Sanger ... dubbing crew (uncredited)

Stunts

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Connie Tilton ... stunt double: Ann Todd (uncredited)

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Bert Mason ... camera operator
Anthony Heller ... clapper loader (uncredited)
Frank Otley ... still photographer (uncredited)
Terry Turtle ... second camera operator (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Dorothy Sinclair ... Dress designer

Music Department

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London Symphony Orchestra ... music performed by (as The London Symphony Orchestra)
Muir Mathieson ... conductor: The London Symphony Orchestra
Eileen Joyce ... musician: piano, Ann Todd's performances (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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  • RCA (sound system)

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Plot Summary

One dark summer night, Francesca Cunningham, a once world famed pianist, escapes from her hospital room and tries to commit suicide by jumping off a local bridge. She is rescued and taken back to the hospital and undergoes psychological treatment by Dr. Larsen. Larsen, desperately wants to know the events and persons who drove her to this state and help her. He makes Francesca talk about her past - a past with a controlling guardian, Nicholas, no friends, kept apart from the man she loved and forced to practice the piano 5-6 hours a day. Written by Kelly

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Taglines Is There Always a SEVENTH VEIL Between a Woman and the Men Who Love Her? See more »
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Also Known As
  • Le septième voile (France)
  • Der letzte Schleier (Germany)
  • El séptimo velo (Spain)
  • O Sétimo Véu (Portugal)
  • Le Septième Voile (Canada, French title)
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  • 94 min
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Budget GBP67,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia After he saw a rough cut of the film towards the end of the shoot, James Mason insisted that Ann Todd be given equal billing. See more »
Goofs When Peter writes a note to Francesca in a nightclub, she turns it over and writes her reply on its back. When Peter holds up the note to read her answer, however, its back is blank; his original note is missing. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate (1984). See more »
Quotes Dr. Larsen: Dr. Kendall, a surgeon doesn't operate without first taking off the patient's clothes, nor do we with the mind. You know what, uh, Staples says? The human mind is like Salome at the beginning of her dance, hidden from the outside world by seven veils: veils of reserve, shyness, fear. Now with friends, the average person will drop first one veil, then another, maybe three or four altogether. With a lover, she will take off five, or even six, but never the seventh. Never, you see the human mind likes to cover its nakedness too and keep its private thoughts to itself. Salome drops her seventh veil of her own free will, but you will never get the human mind to do that, and that is why I use narcosis. Five minutes under narcosis and down comes the seventh veil. Then we can see what is actually going on behind it. Then we can really help.
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