Adapted from the best-selling novel by K. J. Benes, A Stolen Life serves as a tour de force for German actress Elizabeth Bergner, whose husband Paul Czinner directed the film. Bergner stars as identical twins Sylvina and Martina, whose mild sibling rivalry intensifies when one of the girls tricks the other's sweetheart Alan McKenzie (Michael Redgrave) into proposing to the wrong twin.
Elisabeth Bergner
as Sylvina Lawrence / Martina Lawrence
Michael Redgrave
as Alan MacKenzie
Wilfrid Lawson
as Thomas E. Lawrence
Mabel Terry-Lewis
as Aunt Helen
Richard Ainley
as Morgan
Kenneth Buckley
as Garrett
Daniel Mendaille
as Old Pauliac
Pierre Juvenet
as Doctor
Stella Arbenina
as Nurse
Kaye Seeley
as Maturin
Ernest Ferny
as Police Supt. Demangeon
Cot D'Ordan
as Clerk
