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.
as Sylvina Lawrence / Martina Lawrence
as Alan MacKenzie
as Thomas E. Lawrence
as Aunt Helen
as Morgan
as Garrett
as Old Pauliac
as Doctor
as Nurse
as Maturin
as Police Supt. Demangeon
as Clerk
as Eileen
as Cook
as Karal Anderson
as Prof. Bardesley
as British Minister
as Mayor