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Brief Encounter is a 1945 British romantic tragedy film directed by David Lean from a screenplay by Noël Coward, based on his 1936 one-act play Still Life. Starring Celia Johnson , Trevor Howard , Stanley Holloway , and Joyce Carey , the film follows a passionate extramarital relationship in England shortly before World War II.
A married woman falls in love with a stranger at a railway station during World War II. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this 1945 film directed by David Lean.
- (45K)
- Drama, Romance
- David Lean
- 1946-08-24
A classic romance drama by David Lean, Brief Encounter tells the story of two married strangers who fall in love at a railway station. Watch the full movie on YouTube and experience the emotional ...
- 86 min
- 224.4K
- Buddy Salinger
A classic romantic drama about a married woman and a doctor who fall in love at a railway station during WWII. They meet every Thursday for tea and cinema, but their affair is doomed by their marital obligations and social conventions.
Brief Encounter. After a chance meeting on a train platform, a married doctor (Trevor Howard) and a suburban housewife (Celia Johnson) begin a muted but passionate, and ultimately doomed, love affair.
- Laura Jesson
Mar 29, 2010 · With "Brief Encounter," David Lean (who earned his first Oscar nomination for this picture) shows his growing directorial gifts on route to his epic mastery of the movies and bravely deals with love that is frowned upon.
Jun 24, 2023 · Brief Encounter is a 1945 British romantic drama film directed by David Lean from a screenplay by Noël Coward, based on his 1936 one-act play Still Life. Starring Celia Johnson, Trevor...
- 86 min
- 29.3K
- DK Classics III
