Dr. Alex Harvey (Trevor Howard) and Laura Jesson (Celia Johnson) meet at a railway station and fall in love. Married to other people in middle-class suburban England, they nevertheless maintain an acquaintanceship on her shopping trips to town which deepens into a friendship which blossoms into forbidden love. This is the original screen version of Noel Coward’s one act play, “Still Life”. Atmospherically directed by David Lean, “Brief Encounter” is an evergreen romance classic of post-war English cinema with seamless performances from the leading actors and an excellent music score borrowing heavily from Rachmaninoff. The screenplay was also written by Noel Coward.
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ACMI Identifier
302386
Language
English
Audience classification
MA
Subject categories
Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain
Literature → English literature - Film and video adaptations
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Sound
Colour
Black and White
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VHS; Access Print (Section 1)