The Red Danube

The film is set just after the war. The place is a divided Vienna. One part of the city is under British control. Colonel Michael Nicobar is posted there. His duty is to assist the Soviet authorities. The work in question is the return of citizens. But there is one name on the list. She is a Russian ballerina. She does not want to go back to her country. So she hides in the city. A convent opens its door to her. The Mother Superior of the house protects her. The matter is argued between the British officer and his Soviet counterpart. Walter Pidgeon and Janet Leigh take the leads, with Ethel Barrymore and Angela Lansbury also in the cast. The film was adapted from a novel by Bruce Marshall and George Sidney finished it in 1949.