The Browning Version (1951 film)

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The Browning Version (1951 film) is a British drama adapted from Terence Rattigan’s play, renowned for its poignant portrayal of an aging, emotionally repressed schoolmaster facing retirement and personal failure.

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instanceOf film
adaptationOf The Browning Version (stage play) NERFINISHED
awardReceivedBy Michael Redgrave NERFINISHED
basedOn The Browning Version (play) NERFINISHED
basedOnWorkBy Terence Rattigan NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Desmond Dickinson NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticalReception acclaimed
director Anthony Asquith NERFINISHED
distributionRegion United Kingdom NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
distributor Rank Organisation NERFINISHED
editor Gordon Hales NERFINISHED
era post-war British cinema
festivalScreening Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED
filmFormat black-and-white film
genre drama
school drama
hasLaterRemake The Browning Version (1994 film) NERFINISHED
leadActorRole Michael Redgrave as Andrew Crocker-Harris NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Andrew Crocker-Harris NERFINISHED
musicBy William Alwyn NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus retirement of an aging teacher
notableAward Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award NERFINISHED
notableFor poignant portrayal of an aging schoolmaster
originalLanguage English
producer T. E. B. Clarke NERFINISHED
productionCompany J. Arthur Rank Organisation NERFINISHED
protagonistOccupation schoolmaster
releaseDate 1951-04-06
releaseYear 1951
runtime 90 minutes
screenAdaptationType theatrical play adaptation
screenTimeFocus final days before retirement of the protagonist
screenwriter Terence Rattigan NERFINISHED
setting English public school
starring Brian Smith NERFINISHED
Jean Kent NERFINISHED
Michael Redgrave NERFINISHED
Nigel Patrick NERFINISHED
Wilfrid Hyde-White NERFINISHED
theme emotional repression
failure
marital breakdown
redemption
timePeriodOfSetting mid-20th century

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Anthony Asquith notableWork The Browning Version (1951 film)