Frieda
Date: 1947
Director: Basil Dearden
Production Company: Ealing Studios
Stars: David Farrar, Mai Zetterling, Flora Robson, Glynis Johns, Albert Lieven, Gerard Heinz
Location(s): London, Oxfordshire
Region(s): London E-G, South East E-L
Storyline:
An airman weds the German girl who helped him escape from a POW camp, but, returning to England discovers that for some, wartime attitudes are hard to shift.
Additional Information:
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Krakow, Poland , March 1945. Possibly a real bombed out church, and not a set.
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A priest (Gerard Heinz) hastily conducts the wedding of Robert Dawson (David Farrar) to Frieda Mansfeld (Mai Zetterling) to enable her escape to England.
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Robert and Frieda run from the church and board a passing train. Horton's Guide To Britain's Railways In Feature Films suggests this could be the Longmoor Military Railway.
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- 11 Sep 2018
Robert tells Frieda about his home town of Denfield. Park Street, Woodstock, Oxfordshire.
Viewed from in front of the church. (SD)
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- 11 Sep 2018
He tells her about his brother's wedding. St Mary Magdalene, Park Street, Woodstock.
The Heir to Blenheim Palace, George Spencer Churchill, was married here recently. (SD)
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- 03 Sep 2016
Robert and Frieda arrive at Denfield Station. According to Horton's Guide To Britain's Railways In Feature Films this is Hartfield Station, but I went there and it didn't match. But Peter Brown has found the match, Shalford on the Guildford - Chilworth & Albury. Dorking Line. He refers us to http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Shalford-Railway-Station-Photo-Guildford-Chilworth-Albury-Dorking-Line-2-/261515430328 (RL)
Shalford Station now, with only a small shelter where the building once stood. Whereas ironically, the Hartfield Station building was preserved. SD
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- 11 Sep 2018
A fake station entrance in Park Street, Woodstock, facing the Town Hall. Woodstock was also seen in 'Hanover Street', 'The Titfield Thunderbolt' and 'Cemetery Junction'.
Without the fake station entrance. (SD)
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- 23 Aug 2017
They arrive at Robert's family home.
RC identifies the location of Robert's home as Woodgreen, Witney, Oxfordshire and provides this shot taken on a misty summer morning to confirm. (RL)
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- 23 Aug 2017
They nervously enter the house. Robert's family will meet his German wife.
RC's shot of the front doorway reveals that the intricate fanlight remains in place. (RL)
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Robert returns to the school he taught at before the war. Identified by Steve Randall as Emanuel School in Battersea Rise, London, SW11 1HS.
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- 11 Sep 2018
Judy (Glynis Johns) takes her sister-in-law, Frieda, to the Town Hall. Market Place, Woodstock. Seen as the Police Station in 'Cemetery Junction' and the Gestapo HQ in 'Hanover Street'.
Exactly the same 71 years later. (SD)
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- 11 Sep 2018
Member of Parliament, Nell Dawson (Flora Robson) campaigns in the local election. Market Place, Woodstock.
The building on the left is no longer a bank. (SD)
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- 11 Sep 2018
During her speech, the townsfolk demand to know Nell's opinion of the Germans. Park Street, Woodstock, with the Post Office to the right.
Not many of the townsfolk around today. (SD)
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- 11 Sep 2018
Robert and Frieda get the bus into town. Outside The Post Office, Park Street, Woodstock.
Still a post office. (SD)
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- 11 Sep 2018
Nell makes her dislike of Germans, including Frieda, very clear. Facing west on Park Street, Woodstock. This end of Park Street was also seen in 'Cemetery Junction'.
A clearer view of Park Street.
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- 24 Aug 2016
Judy moves away to London to work for Nell at The Houses Of Parliament. Abingdon Street, London, SW1.
It didn't take Peter long to cover this one. (RL)
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- 11 Sep 2018
Frieda sings to herself atop a hay cart, after a day working on the farm. SD identifies this as Old Road in Great Tew, Oxfordshire. The village also features in 'Who Killed Lamb'.
Near to The Great Tew Estate with its royal connections. (SD)
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- 22 Oct 2016
December 1945, Trafalgar Square, London.
Peter captured the Square in autumn with the Column cordoned off ready for yet another event.
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Frieda's brother, Richard (Albert Lieven) attends the rehearsal for the Catholic version of the wedding at St Mary's church. Unknown location.
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- 05 Sep 2026
The family drives back from the church along a snow-covered lane, with an indecipherable sign post teasing us. Paul Parsons has deciphered the sign from the much clearer Blu-ray release. The left hand sign says Woodhatch, Earlswood, Redhill and the right says South Park, Reigate. Paul places the location at the junction of Clayhall Lane and Slipshatch Road, Surrey.
Mark Alford found that a telegraph pole still stands at the junction.