For other uses, see Brief Encounter (disambiguation).
Brief Encounter
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
David Lean
Written by
Noël Coward
Anthony Havelock-Allan
David Lean
Ronald Neame
Based on
Still Life 1936 play by Noël Coward
Produced by
Noël Coward
Anthony Havelock-Allan
Ronald Neame
Starring
Celia Johnson
Trevor Howard
Stanley Holloway
Joyce Carey
Cyril Raymond
Everley Gregg
Margaret Barton
Cinematography
Robert Krasker
Edited by
Jack Harris
Music by
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Distributed by
Eagle-Lion Distributors
Release dates
13 November 1945 (1945-11-13) (Premiere, London)
26 November 1945 (1945-11-26) (UK)
Running time
87 minutes[1]
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Budget
$1 million[2] or $1.4 million[3]
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 Howard, Stanley Holloway, and Joyce Carey, it follows a passionate extramarital relationship in England shortly before World War II. The protagonist is Laura, a married woman with children, whose conventional life becomes increasingly complicated after a chance meeting at a railway station with a married stranger whom she subsequently falls in love with.
The film premiered in London on 13 November 1945. It went to general release on 25 November, to widespread critical acclaim. It received three nominations at the 19th Academy Awards, Best Director, Best Actress (for Johnson), and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Many critics, historians, and scholars cite the film as one of the greatest of all time. In 1999, the British Film Institute ranked it as the second-greatest British film of all time. In 2017, a Time Out poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers, and critics ranked it the 12th-best British film ever.[4]
^"Brief Encounter". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
^"US Life or Death to Brit Pix". Variety. 25 December 1946. p. 9. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
^"London West End Has Big Pix Sked". Variety. 21 November 1945. p. 19. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
^Huddleston, Tom. "The 100 best British films". Time Out. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
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