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Brief Encounter (1945)

Original title: brief encounter
Production: UK|86 min| black and white
Dramatic, Romantic
Poster of movie Brief Encounter
meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.

Festivals and awards

Cannes Festival 1946 - logo Cannes Festival Grand Prix Speciale della Giuria
Oscar 1947 - nomination Best Achievement in Directing
Assigned to: David Lean
Oscar 1947 - nomination Best Adapted Screenplay
Assigned to: David Lean, Anthony Havelock allan, Ronald Neame

Origin of the subject

dall'opera teatrale: Still Life (1936, Noel Coward)

Direction

David LeanDavid Lean: regista

Production and Screenplay

Ronald NeameRonald Neame: produttore
Ronald NeameRonald Neame: sceneggiatore
David LeanDavid Lean: sceneggiatore
Noel CowardNoel Coward: produttore
Noel CowardNoel Coward: sceneggiatore
Anthony Havelock allan: produttore
Anthony Havelock allan: sceneggiatore
Anthony Havelock-allanAnthony Havelock-allan: sceneggiatore

Interpreters and Characters

Trevor HowardTrevor Howard(età:32)
(dr. alec harvey)
Celia JohnsonCelia Johnson(età:37)
(Laura Jesson)
Stanley Holloway(età:55)
(albert godby)
Joyce CareyJoyce Carey(età:47)
(myrtle bagot)
Cyril Raymond
(fred jesson)
Everley GreggEverley Gregg(età:45)
(dolly messiter)
Marjorie Mars(età:42)
(Mary Norton)
Margaret Barton(età:19)
(beryl walters)
Alfie Bass
Noel CowardNoel Coward(età:46)
Irene Handl
Sydney BromleySydney Bromley(età:36)
Valentine DyallValentine Dyall(età:37)
Jack May(età:23)
Wallace Bosco(età:65)
Richard Thomas
Frederick Kelsey
Avis Scott(età:27)
Nuna Davey(età:43)
Dennis Harkin(età:27)
Wilfred Babbage
George V. sheldon

Technical staff

Sergei RachmaninoffSergei Rachmaninoff: musiche
Jack Harris: montatore
Robert KraskerRobert Krasker: direttore della fotografia
Lawrence P. williams: scenografo

Voices and Dubbing

Version Italia(1945)

Andreina PagnaniAndreina Pagnani Voice of Celia Johnson
Mario FerrariMario Ferrari Voice of Cyril Raymond
Tina LattanziTina Lattanzi Voice of Joyce Carey
Amilcare PettinelliAmilcare Pettinelli Voice of Stanley Holloway
Sandro RuffiniSandro Ruffini Voice of Trevor Howard