For You Alone (1945)

Directed by

Geoffrey Faithfull

Genre

drama, music

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During World War II, a young woman falls in love with a soldier. After the war ends, they face challenges as they try to build a life together.

romanticnostalgicbittersweethopefulsentimentalperiodemotionalwarm

What happens

For You Alone is a 1945 British World War II romance melodrama, one of only two films directed by cinematographer Geoffrey Faithfull, starring Lesley Brook, Dinah Sheridan and Jimmy Hanley. The film was made by a smaller studio, Butcher's Films – more known for turning out quickly and cheaply shot B-movies – and had a lack of (at the time) star names, but appears to have been a relatively sophisticated and well-financed production. On its release, three weeks after V-E Day, the film became a huge popular success, seeming to catch the mood of a nation just beginning to emerge from war. For You Alone is often categorised as a musical, and indeed was promoted as such, but this is somewhat misleading; in crucial concert scenes the film features singers Heddle Nash and Helen Hill with accompaniment from the London Symphony Orchestra; however, none of the film's actors sing. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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