---
title: 'Beware of Pity (1946)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Maurice Elvey'
released: '1946-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/beware-of-pity-1946'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038354/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Beware of Pity (1946)

1946 · 105 min · Drama · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Beware of Pity is a 1946 British romantic drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Lilli Palmer, Albert Lieven and Cedric Hardwicke. It is based on the 1939 novel of the same name by Stefan Zweig. A paraplegic young baroness mistakes compassion for love. The film's costumes were designed by Cecil Beaton. It was made by Two Cities Films at Islington Studios. The film was not a great popular success outside the Soviet Union.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Maurice Elvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-elvey)
- **Producer:** [Maurice Elvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-elvey)
- **Screenplay:** [W. P. Lipscomb](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-p-lipscomb)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Nicholas Brodzsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-brodzsky)
- **Editor:** [Grace Garland](https://cinepixo.com/people/grace-garland)

## Cast

- [Cedric Hardwicke](https://cinepixo.com/people/cedric-hardwicke) as Dr. Albert Condor
- [Freda Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/freda-jackson) as Gypsy
- [Ernest Thesiger](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-thesiger) as Baron Emil de Kekesfalva
- [Albert Lieven](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-lieven) as Lt. Anton Marek
- [Fritz Wendhausen](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-wendhausen) as Josef
- [Anthony Dawson](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-dawson) as Lt. Blannik
- [Linden Travers](https://cinepixo.com/people/linden-travers) as Ilona Domansky
- [Gladys Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/gladys-cooper) as Mrs. Klara Condor
- [Lilli Palmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/lilli-palmer) as Baroness Edith de Kekesfalva
- [Emrys Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/emrys-jones) as Lt. Joszi Molnar
- [Gerhard Kempinski](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerhard-kempinski) as Mayor Jan Nivak
- [Ralph Truman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-truman) as Maj. Sandor Balinkay
- [John Salew](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-salew) as Col. Franz Bubencic
- [David Ward](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-ward) as Capt. Ferencz Herczeg
- [Godfrey Parker](https://cinepixo.com/people/godfrey-parker) as Count Ferdinand Salm

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