The Dresser

E70103
British film drama film film

The Dresser is a 1983 British drama film, adapted from Ronald Harwood’s play, about the complex relationship between an aging Shakespearean actor and his devoted dresser during World War II.

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Label Occurrences
The Dresser canonical 15
Norman in The Dresser 2
The Dresser (film) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
adaptationOf stage play ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Ronald Harwood ⓘ
basedOn The Dresser self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Dresser (play)
castMember Albert Finney ⓘ
Edward Fox ⓘ
Eileen Atkins ⓘ
Michael Gough ⓘ
Tom Courtenay ⓘ
Zena Walker ⓘ
cinematographer Kelvin Pike ⓘ
composer James Horner ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
director Peter Yates ⓘ
distributor Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors ⓘ
distributorUS Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editor Ray Lovejoy ⓘ
eraDepicted 1940s Britain ⓘ
filmingLocation England ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
hasPlayWithinFilm King Lear ⓘ
leadActorNomination Albert Finney ⓘ
Tom Courtenay ⓘ
mainTheme aging ⓘ
identity ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
narrativeFocus relationship between an aging Shakespearean actor and his dresser ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Costume Design ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
BAFTA Award for Best Film ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Peter Yates ⓘ
productionCompany Goldcrest Films ⓘ
releaseDateUK 1983-10-06 ⓘ
releaseYear 1983 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 118 ⓘ
screenDebutInMajorRoleFor Tom Courtenay in this specific part ⓘ
screenwriter Ronald Harwood ⓘ
settingPeriod World War II ⓘ
stars Albert Finney ⓘ
Tom Courtenay ⓘ
subjectMatter English Renaissance drama ⓘ
surface form: Shakespearean theatre

touring theatre company ⓘ

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Edward Fox → notableWork → The Dresser ⓘ
Tom Courtenay → notableWork → The Dresser ⓘ
Tom Courtenay → notableRole → The Dresser ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norman in The Dresser
Albert Finney → notableWork → The Dresser ⓘ
The Dresser → basedOn → The Dresser self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Dresser (play)
Rachel Kempson → notableWork → The Dresser ⓘ
Peter Yates → notableWork → The Dresser ⓘ
Peter Yates → directed → The Dresser ⓘ
Steppenwolf Theatre Company → hasProduction → The Dresser ⓘ
Thomas → notableWork → The Dresser ⓘ
subject surface form: Tom Courtenay
Thomas Daniel Courtenay → notableWork → The Dresser ⓘ
Thomas Daniel Courtenay → notableRole → The Dresser ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norman in The Dresser
Finney → notableWork → The Dresser ⓘ
subject surface form: Albert Finney
Ronald Harwood → notableWork → The Dresser ⓘ
Ronald Harwood → wrotePlay → The Dresser ⓘ
Ronald Harwood → wroteScreenplay → The Dresser ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Dresser (film)
Kelvin Pike → workedOn → The Dresser ⓘ
Kelvin Pike → notableWork → The Dresser ⓘ
Zena Walker → notableWork → The Dresser ⓘ