page_title: The Fallen Idol (film)
section_title: Plot
hierarchical_section_title: The Fallen Idol (film) / Plot
caption_attribution_description: English: Michèle Morgan and Ralph Richardson in «The Fallen Idol» 1948 Русский: Мишель Морган и Ральф Ричардсон в фильме ««Поверженный идол»» 1948
context_page_description: The Fallen Idol is a 1948 British film directed by Carol Reed and based on the 1936 short story "The Basement Room", by Graham Greene. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, and won the BAFTA Award for Best British Film.
context_section_description: The film is told through the naive eyes of a diplomat's young son, Philippe, who idolises his father's butler, Baines. Baines has invented a heroic persona to keep the boy entertained, and often tells him stories of his exotic and daring adventures in Africa and elsewhere, stories such as putting down a native uprising single-handedly, killing a man in self-defence, shooting lions and so on.
  In reality, the butler has never been to Africa and is stuck in a loveless marriage, while dreaming of happiness with a younger woman (who he tells Philippe is his niece after the boy finds them together). After Baines has an argument with his betrayed wife, she accidentally falls from a landing to her death. However, Philippe believes that he has seen Baines murder her. The boy desperately and clumsily attempts to protect his hero when the police investigate, but his efforts only lead Baines deeper into trouble.
caption: Bobby Henrey, Ralph Richardson and Michèle Morgan in The Fallen Idol
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