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Release Date: 1945

Cast: James Mason, Herbert Lom

Categories: Movies, Romantic drama, Melodrama

The Seventh Veil is a 1945 British melodrama film made by Ortus Films, a company established by producer Sydney Box, released through General Film Distributors in the UK and Universal Pictures in the United States. Francesca Cunningham (Ann Todd) is a suicidal, silent, mental patient under the care of Dr. Larsen (Herbert Lom). Via hypnosis Larsen leads her to describe her life history so he can investigate the events that brought her to attempt suicide. The film largely consists of a series of flashbacks in which Francesca talks about her life, removing successive “veils” to recover... MORE

The Seventh Veil is a 1945 British melodrama film made by Ortus Films, a company established by producer Sydney Box, released through General Film Distributors in the UK and Universal Pictures in the United States. Francesca Cunningham (Ann Todd) is a suicidal, silent, mental patient under the care of Dr. Larsen (Herbert Lom). Via hypnosis Larsen leads her to describe her life history so he can investigate the events that brought her to attempt suicide. The film largely consists of a series of flashbacks in which Francesca talks about her life, removing successive “veils” to recover memories. Only her second cousin and guardian Nicholas, a crippled musician (James Mason), is interested in her. Nicholas though is a bitter man, faintly jealous of her talent and very misogynistic because of his relationship with his mother, but a divine music teacher who encourages her to excel but also to avoid all emotional entanglements. While at the Royal College of Music Peter (Hugh McDermott), an American studying in London, becomes romantically interested in her. Although she is initially unresponsive, Francesca and Peter become engaged, but she has not yet reached her majority, then 21, and LESS