DVD 86 mins IMDB 8.3
NR
Brief Encounter
Criterion (1946)
In Collection
#450

Seen It:
No
Drama, Romance
UK  /  English

Celia Johnson Laura Jesson
Trevor Howard Dr. Alec Harvey
Joyce Carey Myrtle Bagot
Everly Gregg
Margaret Barton Beryl Walters, Tea Room Assistant
Marjorie Mars Mary Norton
Cyril Raymond Fred Jesson
Stanley Holloway Albert Godby
Everley Gregg Dolly Messiter
Wilfred Babbage Policeman at War Memorial
Alfie Bass Waiter at the Royal

Director David Lean
Producer Noel Coward; Anthony Havelock-Allan
Writer David Lean; Noel Coward; Anthony Havelock-Allan

From a chance meeting on a train platform, a middle-aged married doctor and a suburban housewife enter into a quietly passionate, ultimately doomed love affair set to a swirling Rachmaninoff score.

Edition Details
Barcode 037429150726
Region Any Region
Release Date 27-Jun-00
Screen Ratio Standard 1.33:1 B&W
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Purchase Date December 2008
Store Torrent
Tags AVI(BT)
Links DVD Empire
IMDB

Notes
Adapting Noel Coward's play Still Life, legendary filmmaker David Lean deftly explores the thrill, pain, and tenderness of illicit romance during the dour, gray Britain of 1945.