No Room at the Inn (1948)

Directed by

Daniel Birt

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 22m

Rating

8.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During World War II, evacuee children are placed in a home where they suffer cruelty and neglect. The story follows how public officials and private individuals fail to stop the abuse.

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What happens

No Room at the Inn is a 1945 play by Joan Temple that became a 1948 film directed by Daniel Birt. Both play and film are presented in flashback mode and share the same subject matter – cruelty, neglect and mental and physical abuse meted out to evacuee children during World War II. Temple's attack on those who turn a blind eye to child abuse, be they public officials or private individuals, was considered frank and uncompromising in its time. The film version was the last movie made by British National Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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