The Browning Version

The Browning Version

1951 · 90 min · EN · 7.7 (82 votes)
Dir. Anthony Asquith · Starring Michael Redgrave, Jean Kent, Nigel Patrick, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Bill Travers, Ronald Howard

How could he look on and say nothing ... it was his wife!

Drama

Andrew Crocker-Harris has been forced from his position as the classics master at an English public school due to poor health. As he winds up his final term, he discovers not only that his wife, Millie, has been unfaithful to him with one of his fellow schoolmasters, but that the school's students and faculty have long disdained him. However, an unexpected act of kindness causes Crocker-Harris to re-evaluate his life's work.

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A deeply affecting, quiet study of a man facing the bitter end of his career and personal life. It's a somber, reflective experience that lingers, exploring the quiet indignities and small hopes of a life lived in the shadow of disappointment.

melancholicbitterwrysomberslow-burnkitchen sink dramaBritish realismcharacter studydisillusionmentregretdignityacademic life
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