50s MOVIES – THE BROWNING VERSION(1951)

By Maria Telianidi

Anthony Asquith direct this adaptation of a stage play by killer British playwright Terence Rattigan, who also supplied the screenplay. Together they afforded Michael Rerdgrave what just might be his best performance ever. The story of a boarding school teacher whose life goes into free fall is one of the great-granddaddy of the Teacher Who Actually Schools You that has become one of the tropes that never gets old(Lookin’ at you,Stand and Deliver!). The great strengths here are absolutely the script and Redgrave’s performance-he does as spectacular job with that is actually a pretty dreary subject:Life falling apart. He breaths life into a potentially airless character and his performance is riveting——Amy Glynn

The Browning version is a 1951 British drama film based on the 1948 play of the same name by Terence Rattigan.It was directed by Anthony Asquith and starred Michael Rerdgrave. In 1994, the plat was filmed again with Albert Finney in the lead.

WON:

• Cannes Film Festival
• Best Actor(Michael Rerdgrave)
• Best Screenplay
• Berlin international Film Festival
• Bronze Berlin Bear (Drama)
• Small Bronze Plate