UK,
1951, 90 min
Directed by:
Anthony AsquithScreenplay:
Terence RattiganCinematography:
Desmond DickinsonCast:
Michael Redgrave, Jean Kent, Nigel Patrick, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Bill Travers, Ronald Howard, Peter Jones, Sarah Lawson, Judith Furse, Scott Harold (more)Plots(1)
Michael Redgrave gives the performance of a lifetime in this classic adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play. Public schoolmaster Crocker-Harris has become a bitter, disillusioned man. Stuck in a loveless marriage with a wife who openly cheats on him, the enthusiasm he once showed for his career and his pupils has long since vanished and The Crock has become a figure of disdain among the students whose life he has made a misery. With ill-health forcing him to resign his long-standing post a simple act of kindness from one boy has a profund impact on the seemingly heartless master. (Second Sight)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1952 - Best Film
- 1952 - Outstanding British Film
Cannes Film Festival
- 1951 - Terence Rattigan (Best Screenplay)
- 1951 - Michael Redgrave (Best Actor)
- 1951 - Anthony Asquith (Grand Prize)
Berlinale (Berlin International Film Festival)
- 1951 - Anthony Asquith (Bronze Berlin Bear (Drama))
- 1951 - Anthony Asquith (Small Bronze Plate)
- 1951 - Anthony Asquith (Golden Bear for Best Film)