Brief encounter [videorecording] /
Title on container: David Lean's brief encounter
produced by Noel Coward ; directed by David Lean ; Pinewood Films Ltd.
- [S.l.] : Criterion Collection, c2000.
- 1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
- The Criterion collection ; 76 .
- Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 76. .
Videodisc release of the 1945 motion picture. Based on the play Still life by Noel Coward.
Written by Noel Coward, David Lean, and Anthony Havelock-Allan ; director of photography, Robert Krasker ; film editor, Jack Harris ; music director, Muir Mathieson, conducting the National Symphony Orchestra ; piano soloist, Eileen Joyce. Written by Noel Coward, David Lean, and Anthony Havelock-Allan ; director of photography, Robert Krasker ; film editor, Jack Harris ; music director, Muir Mathieson, conducting the National Symphony Orchestra ; piano soloist, Eileen Joyce.
Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond, Everly Gregg, Marjorie Mars, Margaret Barton.
Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson star as middle-class suburbanites whose casual friendship evolves into a passionate yearning for each other. But as their affections grow stronger, they must face a difficult decision that will affect both of their lives forever.