Frieda
Holocaust images, discrimination theme
Director(s)Basil Dearden
Production year1947
Genre(s)Drama, War
Approx. running minutes98m
CastDavid Farrar, Glynis Johns, Flora Robson
Frieda
Holocaust images, discrimination theme
FRIEDA is a war drama in which a RAF prisoner-of-war marries the German nurse who helped him escape, only to encounter h ...
FRIEDA is a war drama in which a RAF prisoner-of-war marries the German nurse who helped him escape, only to encounter hostility toward her in his small English community.
discrimination
Anti-German sentiment in wartime England is a theme of the film, which questions whether all Germans were complicit in the rise of Nazism but ultimately concludes that such a worldview is inhumane. There is use of outdated discriminatory language such as 'cripple', 'Hun' and 'Jap'.
disturbing images
Newsreel footage shows piles of real dead bodies, victims of the Holocaust.
additional issues
There is moderate violence, with resulting blood detail. There is mild threat. There is a scene of attempted suicide. Bereavement following death in war is a theme of the film. There is use of very mild bad language ('God', 'damn').
Classified Date:
22/05/1947
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
General Film Dist Ltd
Cuts:
This content received cuts or alterations as part of the classification process.
Holocaust images, discrimination theme
Classified Date:
13/04/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Studio Canal
discrimination
Anti-German sentiment in wartime England is a theme of the film, which questions whether all Germans were complicit in the rise of Nazism but ultimately concludes that such a worldview is inhumane. There is use of outdated discriminatory language such as 'cripple', 'Hun' and 'Jap'.
disturbing images
Newsreel footage shows piles of real dead bodies, victims of the Holocaust.
additional issues
There is moderate violence, with resulting blood detail. There is mild threat. There is a scene of attempted suicide. Bereavement following death in war is a theme of the film. There is use of very mild bad language ('God', 'damn').
Classified Date:
08/12/1989
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified date13/04/2022
LanguageEnglish
discrimination
Anti-German sentiment in wartime England is a theme of the film, which questions whether all Germans were complicit in the rise of Nazism but ultimately concludes that such a worldview is inhumane. There is use of outdated discriminatory language such as 'cripple', 'Hun' and 'Jap'.
disturbing images
Newsreel footage shows piles of real dead bodies, victims of the Holocaust.
additional issues
There is moderate violence, with resulting blood detail. There is mild threat. There is a scene of attempted suicide. Bereavement following death in war is a theme of the film. There is use of very mild bad language ('God', 'damn').
Director(s)Basil Dearden
Production year1947
Genre(s)Drama, War
Approx. running minutes98m
CastDavid Farrar, Glynis Johns, Flora Robson
Classified Date:
22/05/1947
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
General Film Dist Ltd
Cuts:
This content received cuts or alterations as part of the classification process.
Holocaust images, discrimination theme
Classified Date:
13/04/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Studio Canal
discrimination
Anti-German sentiment in wartime England is a theme of the film, which questions whether all Germans were complicit in the rise of Nazism but ultimately concludes that such a worldview is inhumane. There is use of outdated discriminatory language such as 'cripple', 'Hun' and 'Jap'.
disturbing images
Newsreel footage shows piles of real dead bodies, victims of the Holocaust.
additional issues
There is moderate violence, with resulting blood detail. There is mild threat. There is a scene of attempted suicide. Bereavement following death in war is a theme of the film. There is use of very mild bad language ('God', 'damn').
Classified Date:
08/12/1989
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified date13/04/2022
LanguageEnglish