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DramaYear1994Duration1h 37mIMDb7.2

The Browning Version

Drama

On the verge of forced resignation, a strict old-fashioned teacher rethinks his life.

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Cast

Mike Figgis

Director

Albert Finney

Andrew Crocker-Harris

Greta Scacchi

Laura Crocker-Harris

Matthew Modine

Frank Hunter

Julian Sands

Tom Gilbert

Michael Gambon

Dr. Frobisher

Ben Silverstone

Taplow

Jim Sturgess

Bryant

Joseph Beattie

Wilson

MB

Marc Bolton

Grantham

TH

Tom Havelock

Laughton

WM

Walter Micklethwait

Buller

JA

Jotham Annan

Prince Abakendi

DL

David Lever

David Fletcher

BM

Bruce Myers

Dr. Rafferty

Maryam d'Abo

Diana

Heathcote Williams

Dr. Lake

Oliver Milburn

Trubshaw

Jeff Nuttall

Lord Baxter

Terence Rattigan

Writer

Ronald Harwood

Writer

Comments

10 Comments

K8DcGDJul 25, 2023

je veut mes téléchargements en français

Happy_giftsMay 29, 2023

source: The Browning Version

Yussif FatimaNov 16, 2022

The Browning Version

NissiNov 16, 2022

An excellent acting job by Albert Finney carries this movie to a higher level than its script. Supplemented by good jobs by Greta Scacci and Mathew Modine, Finney minimalistically conveys the potent points of his character's regrets, fears, and passions. A terror to his students, Crocker-Harris allows himself to be dominated and humiliated by the school, the system, and the loveless marriage he is in. Mathew Modine, inserted apparently for young appeal, does his best with his character's sympathy for his older colleague, whom he has cuckolded. Scacci does her best with the faithless wife who enjoys twisting the knife in her hapless, though outwardly strong, husband. Only eight of a possible ten stars due to the slight letdown of the teacher's parting speech, and the abruptness of the ending.

nebiyatNov 16, 2022

Superbly written and directed with an outstanding cast. A true British classic which I'll watch again. Can't recommend it highly enough.

matbakh yummyNov 16, 2022

This was an unexpected jewel of a movie. If you like movies such as "Remains of the Day," you will enjoy this one. Against the backdrop of a traditional boys school in the English countryside, a teacher who is being forced out examines his life. This movie is well-done across the board--the rich if spare script (perfect), the cinematography, a well-integrated score, all perfectly paced. This movie and the characters in it have layers. The acting by Albert Finney and Greta Sacchi is masterful (Michael Gabon is good, too). All that, and it has an honest ending. This movie had my rapt attention from the opening scene, and I am certain to watch it again.

Kimberly UchihaNov 16, 2022

A movie about coming to terms with a life that didn't turn out, at you thought it would, about the importance of little things, when the structure itself is crumbling. I don't know exactly what it was about this movie but it just hit me, where i live. I cried my eyes out, and it colored my emotions for weeks after-wards. It deals with most of the issues that an adult is faced with; marriage, work relations, personal identity, etc., from the viewpoint of an aging teacher, who does what he does, except it isn't really working, as he thought would. Social acceptance and respect is missing, his marriage is on the rocks. In a way he is like a mundane Horatio on the bridge, who keeps fighting, knowing all too well, that the fight is lost, hoping perhaps beyond hope, that one small victory is possible.

ange❤❤❤😍Nov 16, 2022

I don't think I have the gift of words to write something that makes brilliant sense. Some movies are good, some movies aren't. This movie is just a superb thing. Everything is done with class. The acting is fine and subtle and the scene where the old teacher gets the book and he starts crying is magnificent. The soundtrack satisfies all my needs with it's romantic melodies and perfect timing. This movie is a must-see.

Skinny M JaayNov 16, 2022

The movie lives with the superior performance of Albert Finney, who puts Crocker-Harris alive so tremendously, that you can't help but suffer with him. So much that you nearly wish to jump into the screen ...to support that poor man in his struggle against unfairness. Finney plays a senior teacher at an English elite school, who is not very popular, even addressed with the nickname "Hitler" of his form, due to his severe strictness and dry adoration for the classical, but dead poets of ancient Greek and Latin. As a perfect British gentleman he is tied by fully self-controlled formality, holding back all his emotions. He is totally obliged to conventions, always saying yes to everything. Except once.

SkibNov 16, 2022

A touching,gentle movie,The Browning Version is perhaps hugely under-rated. The simple tale of an aging school teacher forced into retirement actually contains many poetic metaphors for struggle.Crocker-Harris finds himself at one of life's great crossroads and wrestles with the inner turmoil of the knowledge that his life-work may have been futile.His convictions about language and literature are to be swept aside with the arrival of his successor and his still-beautiful wife,sympathetically played by Greta Scaachi,is as distant as his pupils. Finney plays this role with a calm and measure that is evidence of a great actor at work.Perhaps only Hopkins could have hoped to have done so well with this role. The score is excellent and the cinematography elegant.A great "English" film in every sense;my only wish is that it might have been a little longer.Somehow,an epic running time may have yielded the acclaim that it justly deserved.

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