United Kingdom
1951
90 minutes
Black and White
1.33:1
English
294
Michael Redgrave gives the performance of his career in Anthony Asquith’s adaptation of Terence Rattigan’s unforgettable play. Redgrave portrays Andrew Crocker-Harris, an embittered, middle-aged schoolmaster who begins to feel that his life has been a failure. Diminished by poor health, a crumbling marriage, and the derision of his pupils, the once brilliant scholar is compelled to reexamine his life when a young student offers an unexpected gesture of kindness. A heartbreaking story of remorse and atonement, The Browning Version is a classic of British realism and the winner of best actor and best screenplay honors at the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.
| Andrew Crocker-Harris | Michael Redgrave |
| Millicent Crocker-Harris | Jean Kent |
| Frank Hunter | Nigel Patrick |
| Taplow | Brian Smith |
| Gilbert | Ronald Howard |
| Frobisher | Wilfred Hyde White |
| Director | Anthony Asquith |
| Screenplay | Terence Rattigan |
| Cinematography | Desmond Dickinson |
| Art direction | Carmen Dillon |
| Editing | John D. Guthridge |
Anthony Asquith is remembered primarily as the director of Pygmalion, The Browning Version, and The Importance of Being Earnest, all stage-to-screen adaptations comfortable flaunting their own theatricality. Yet as critic Jay Weissberg writes in the latest issue . . .
Contemplating Anthony “Puffin” Asquith’s career, it is striking how self-effacing he eventually became, both as a filmmaker and as a personality. In the silent era, Asquith was every bit as flashy and inventive as his near contemporary Alfred Hitchcock. Shooting Stars (1927) and . . .
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