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The Browning Version

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The Browning Version
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1hr 29min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1951
Director:
Anthony Asquith
Distributor:
Criterion
Starring:
Michael Redgrave, Jean Kent, Nigel Patrick  ...more
Synopsis: Michael Redgrave gives his greatest performance as Andrew Crocker-Harris, a boarding-school teacher who realizes that his life may be a failure, in this powerful adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play with a screenplay by Rattigan himself. Poor health forces Crocker-Harris to give up his teaching position after years of thankless service and scorn from his students and colleagues. His marriage to Millie (Jean Kent) is also in free fall, as his wife is openly having an affair with the school's chemistry ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
The Browning Version is an emotionally wrenching exploration of a sad and defeated failure, but which ultimately (and surprisingly) becomes uplifting through the catharsis it evokes. Its stage origins are transparent; indeed, director Anthony Asquith almost goes out of his way to emphasize those origins, and with good reason. This is the story of a stuffy, closed-off, empty man whose classroom is a ... Full Review
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Michael Redgrave
Andrew Crocker-Harris
Jean Kent
Millie Crocker-Harris
Nigel Patrick
Frank Hunter
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Frobisher
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