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A classics teacher near to retirement looks back at his career and realises that he failed to inspire his charges with his love of classical literature. Based on the novel by Terence Rattigan.

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ProducerRidley Scott

EAN5014437921130

eBay Product ID (ePID)59531885

Product Key Features

ActorAlbert Finney, Greta Scacchi, Matthew Modine, Michael Gambon

Film/TV TitleThe Browning Version

DirectorMike Figgis

Release Year2007

FormatDVD

LanguageEnglish

FeaturesInteractive Menu

GenreDrama, General

Run Time93 Mins

Additional Product Features

Certificate15

Number of Discs1

Additional InformationAndrew Crocker-Harris (Albert Finney), a teacher of Greek and Latin at a private school, is dubbed the 'Hitler of the Lower Sixth' by his students. His rigidity and cruelty are the sad remnants of an extinguished passion for classical literature. But as he is poised to leave the school--forced into retirement by the headmaster and made a cuckold of by the infidelities of his wife Laura (Greta Scacchi)--Crocker-Harris finds his love for learning rekindled by the interest and sympathy of a young student named Taplow (Ben Silverstone), who gives him Robert Browning's translation of Aeschylus' AGAMEMNON as a parting gift. Based on a Terence Rattigan play, THE BROWNING VERSION is a character study that finds pathos in British stodginess and makes a subdued plea for the nobility of teaching. Finney is the powerful centre of the film, portraying a man whom time and opportunity have passed by. As humiliations are piled upon his character, Finney registers nothing but silent resignation, even as he ratchets up his stoicism to face the next disappointment.

AuthorTerence Rattigan

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleThe Browning Version