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The Browning Version

1951 · 90 min

A quiet, painful character study that slowly reveals a lifetime of disappointment and small cruelties, ending with a fragile, earned moment of grace.

Directed by
Anthony Asquith
Genres
Drama
Starring
Michael Redgrave, Jean Kent, Nigel Patrick
Tagline
How could he look on and say nothing ... it was his wife!
Overview
Andrew Crocker-Harris has been forced from his position as the classics master at an English public school due to poor health. As he winds up his final term, he discovers not only that his wife, Millie, has been unfaithful to him with one of his fellow schoolmasters, but that the school's students and faculty have long disdained him. However, an unexpected act of kindness causes Crocker-Harris to re-evaluate his life's work.

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Directed by
Anthony Asquith
Genres
Drama
Starring
Michael Redgrave, Jean Kent, Nigel Patrick
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • isolation
  • aging
  • redemption
  • guilt
Places
  • school
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Anthony Asquith
Written by
Terence Rattigan
Starring
Michael Redgrave, Jean Kent, Nigel Patrick, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Bill Travers, Ronald Howard, Ivan Samson, Judith Furse
Cinematography
Desmond Dickinson
Runtime
90 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English, French, Greek, Latin

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