Caste | |
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Directed by | Campbell Gullan |
Screenplay by | Michael Powell |
Based on | the play Caste by T.W. Robertson |
Produced by | Jerome Jackson |
Starring |
Hermione Baddeley Nora Swinburne Alan Napier |
Production company | Harry Rowson Productions |
Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date | September 1930 |
Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Caste is a 1930 British drama film directed by Campbell Gullan and starring Hermione Baddeley, Nora Swinburne and Alan Napier. It was made at Walton Studios. [1] Michael Powell worked on the screenplay and (uncredited) was involved with the technical side of direction. [2]
Film historian Geoff Brown writes, "most of the film’s enlivening spice comes from the jolting surprises of tone and manner as Gullan’s cast and Powell’s visuals glide or lurch through a scenario pleasingly punctured with camera trackings, lively spots of audiovisual montage and dramatically piquant closeups. (Watch for the carefully judged shots of hands delivering and receiving a crucial telegram regarding D’Alroy’s fate.)...the film is not a fossil; it is a lively embryo, and the first important step towards Powell’s future." [3]