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

Personal Name: Asquith, Anthony, 1902-1968.

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

Physical 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.

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.

Audience:MPAA rating: Not rated.

PerformersMichael Redgrave, Jean Kent, Nigel Patrick, Ronald Howard, Brian Smith, Wilfred Hyde White,

DetailsDVD, Dolby digital mono.

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Asquith, Anthony, 1902-1968.
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Patrick, Nigel.
Series
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 294
Subject:
Rattigan, Terence -- Film and video adaptations.
Subject:
Teachers -- England -- Drama.
Teachers -- Retirement -- Drama.
Interpersonal relations -- Drama.
Teacher-student relationships -- Drama.
Spouses -- Drama.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.