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The Browning version [videorecording] / the J. Arthur Rank Organization ; Javelin Films Limited ; screenplay by Terence Rattigan ; produced Teddy Baird ; directed by Anthony Asquith.

Contributor Asquith, Anthony, 1902-1968.

Imprint:New York, NY : Criterion Collection, 2005.

Description1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., b&w. ; 4 3/4 in.

Note:Based on the 1948 play by Terence Rattigan.

Note:Originally released as a motion picture in 1951.

Note:Features: audio commentary by Mike Figgis film historian and director of the 1994 remake, archival interviews with Michael Redgrave from 1958, essay by film critic Geoffrey Macnab.

Target AudienceMPAA rating: Not rated.

Note:The headmaster of a private school for boys, faced with poor health, a crumbling marriage, and the derision of his pupils, is compelled to re-examine his life when a student offers an unexpected act of kindness.

Note : PerformerMichael Redgrave, Jean Kent, Nigel Patrick, Ronald Howard, Brian Smith, Wilfred Hyde White,

Note: AwardsCannes Film Festival Awards: Best Actor, Michael Redgrave ; Best Screenplay (1951)

System Details NotesDVD, Dolby digital mono.

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Contributor
Asquith, Anthony, 1902-1968.
Rattigan, Terence.
Redgrave, Michael.
Kent, Jean, 1921-2013.
Patrick, Nigel.
Howard, Ronald, 1918-1996.
Smith, Brian, 1932-
Hyde-White, Wilfrid.
J. Arthur Rank Organization.
Javelin Films Limited.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Series Statement
Buhl Library Video Collection
Series Added Entry
Criterion collection
Subject:
Rattigan, Terence -- Film and video adaptations.
Subject:
Teachers -- England -- Drama.
Teachers -- Retirement -- Drama.
Interpersonal relations -- Drama.
Teacher-student relationships -- Drama.
Spouses -- Drama.
Index Term - Genre/Form
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Black and white films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Teachers in films.
Fiction films.