Brief Encounter (1945)
13/11/1945 (GB)
Drama, Romance
1h 26m
- 77% (648 votes)
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A story of the most precious moments in a woman's life!
Overview
Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.
- David LeanDirector
- Noël CowardScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Keywords
- infidelity
- farewell
- husband wife relationship
- narration
- marriage
- housewife
- duty
- doctor
- love affair
- tearjerker
- told in flashback
- impossible love
- shame
- guilty conscience
- broken heart
- hopelessness
- secretiveness
Top Billed Cast
Celia Johnson
Laura Jesson
Trevor Howard
Dr. Alec Harvey
Stanley Holloway
Albert Godby
Joyce Carey
Myrtle Bagot
Cyril Raymond
Fred Jesson
Everley Gregg
Dolly Messiter
Marjorie Mars
Mary Norton
Margaret Barton
Tea Room Assistant Beryl Walters
Wilfred Babbage
Policeman at War Memorial (uncredited)
Alfie Bass
Waiter at the Royal (uncredited)
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