Set just after the end of WWII (but filmed in the middle of it) in a time of general euphoria at having won the war, with full employment and general happiness for all (or nearly all). Peter, the young wastrel son of a hard working hotel owner doesn't like the idea of having to work for a living. He discovers a society of "White Elephants" who are quite willing to be poor as long as they don't have to work. They are protected and guided by Nina (Margaret Lockwood) and her precocious sister Heidi (Jean Simmons).
Margaret Lockwood
as Nina
Vic Oliver
as Sascha
Peter Graves
as Peter Pyke
Roland Culver
as Ferdinand
Jean Simmons
as Heidi
Eliot Makeham
as Dumka
Iris Lang
as Tania
George Relph
as Otto
Max Bacon
as Jacobus
Gibb McLaughlin
as Marcel
Irene Handl
as Miss Haddock
Henry Hewitt
as Announcer
