Brief Encounter

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British film film romantic drama film

Brief Encounter is a 1945 British romantic drama film directed by David Lean, renowned for its poignant portrayal of a restrained love affair and considered a classic of British cinema.

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Label	Occurrences
Brief Encounter canonical	10
"Brief Encounter"	1
Brief Encounter (1945 film)	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British film ⓘ film ⓘ romantic drama film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork	Noël Coward NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived	Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	Still Life NERFINISHED ⓘ
castMember	Celia Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyril Raymond NERFINISHED ⓘ Joyce Carey NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanley Holloway NERFINISHED ⓘ Trevor Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterPortrayed	Celia Johnson as Laura Jesson NERFINISHED ⓘ Trevor Howard as Dr. Alec Harvey NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Robert Krasker NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
director	David Lean NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor	Eagle-Lion Films NERFINISHED ⓘ Universal Pictures ⓘ
editedBy	Jack Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresWork	Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmFormat	black-and-white ⓘ
filmingLocation	Carnforth railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	drama film ⓘ romance film ⓘ romantic drama ⓘ
mainCharacter	Dr. Alec Harvey NERFINISHED ⓘ Laura Jesson NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicBy	Sergei Rachmaninoff NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeDevice	first-person voice-over narration ⓘ
narrativeFocus	extramarital love affair ⓘ
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
producer	Anthony Havelock-Allan NERFINISHED ⓘ David Lean NERFINISHED ⓘ Noël Coward NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany	Cineguild NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationDate	1945 ⓘ
recognizedAs	classic of British cinema ⓘ one of the greatest British films of all time ⓘ
runningTime	86 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter	Anthony Havelock-Allan NERFINISHED ⓘ David Lean NERFINISHED ⓘ Noël Coward NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInPeriod	1930s ⓘ
setting	England ⓘ fictional town of Milford ⓘ
theme	marital fidelity ⓘ repressed emotion ⓘ social convention ⓘ

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Celia Johnson → notableWork → Brief Encounter ⓘ

Celia Johnson → portrayedIn → Brief Encounter ⓘ

David Lean → notableWork → Brief Encounter ⓘ

Noël Coward → notableWork → Brief Encounter ⓘ

Two Cities Films → produced → Brief Encounter ⓘ

Two Cities Films → notableWork → Brief Encounter ⓘ

Robert Krasker → notableWork → Brief Encounter ⓘ

Robert Krasker → workedOnFilm → Brief Encounter ⓘ

Stanley Holloway → notableWork → Brief Encounter ⓘ

Denham Film Studios → producedWork → Brief Encounter ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brief Encounter (1945 film)

Trevor Howard → notableWork → Brief Encounter ⓘ

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subject surface form: Carnforth

this entity surface form: "Brief Encounter"