Ted Hutchens (David Knight) is a code expert working in intelligence at the American Embassy in London. On a night out to the Royal Ballet he meets a young woman named Anna (Odile Versois), and the pair fall immediately in love. The problem is that Anna is the daughter of the Soviet ambassador in London. It is made clear to both that their relationship cannot continue in such a political climate, and their movements are constantly monitored by surveillance units from both sides. However they continue to meet in secret, attempting to outwit both the American and Soviet... surveillance services. Eventually, when Anna discovers she is pregnant, the couple decide that their love is stronger than the demands of political exigency, and make their escape together across a stormy English Channel.... [show more]
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Romantic drama starring David Knight and Odile Versois. American Ted Hutchens (Knight) is a lonely bachelor working for the US Embassy in London. When Ted meets Anna Szobek (Odile Versois), also an Embassy worker, at a performance of 'Swan Lake', the pair soon fall in love. However, it's not long before the international situation threatens their new-found happiness.
THE YOUNG LOVERS is a contemporary ROMEO AND JULLIET set against the uneasy political climate of Eastern Europe in the 1950s. David Knight stars as the son of a US Embassy official. Through the chance meeting of the title, the young man falls in love with Odile Versois, daughter of a Communist politico. As the music of Tchaikovsky hammers away on the soundtrack, the star-crossed lovers conduct their clandestine affair, spied upon all the while by the girl's governess.
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