BRIEF ENCOUNTER
by David Lean
synopsis
At a café on a railway station, housewife Laura Jesson (Celia Johnson) meets Dr. Alec Harvey (Trevor Howard). Although they are both already married, they gradually fall in love with each other. They continue to meet every Thursday in the small café, although they know that their love is impossible.
| original title: | Brief Encounter |
| country: | United Kingdom |
| year: | 1945 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | David Lean |
| film run: | 86' |
| release date: | UK 19/11/1945, DE 30/08/1946, SE 03/09/1946, FI 06/09/1946, FR 09/1946, AT 18/10/1946, DK 06/01/1947, TR 28/01/1947, IT 28/03/1947, PT 14/04/1947, HU 07/10/1948, GR 13/12/1948, ES 17/04/1968, NL 18/12/2008 |
| screenplay: | Anthony Havelock-Allan, David Lean, Ronald Neame |
| cast: | Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway |
| cinematography by: | Robert Krasker |
| film editing: | Jack Harris |
| producer: | Noël Coward |
