Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.
- Nominated for 3 Oscars
- 4 wins & 3 nominations total
Wilfred Babbage
- Policeman at War Memorial
- (uncredited)
Alfie Bass
- Waiter at the Royal
- (uncredited)
Wallace Bosco
- Doctor at Bobbie's Accident
- (uncredited)
Sydney Bromley
- Johnnie - Second Soldier
- (uncredited)
Noël Coward
- Train Station Announcer
- (uncredited)
Nuna Davey
- Herminie Rolandson - Mary's Cousin
- (uncredited)
Valentine Dyall
- Stephen Lynn - Alec's 'Friend'
- (uncredited)
Irene Handl
- Cellist and Organist
- (uncredited)
Dennis Harkin
- Stanley - Beryl's Man
- (uncredited)
Edward Hodge
- Bill - First Soldier
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Noël Coward(uncredited)
- Anthony Havelock-Allan(uncredited)
- David Lean(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis movie was shot during the final days of World War II, going into production in January 1945. Filming was completed in May, with an interruption on May 8 to celebrate Germany's surrender.
- GoofsCarnforth Station has had its name board covered and replaced with a big sign reading Milford Junction, but the smaller platform notices (behind Laura when Alec tells her about the job in South Africa) still show the next train's destinations as Hellifield, Skipton, Bradford and Leeds.
- Quotes
Laura Jesson: It's awfully easy to lie when you know that you're trusted implicitly. So very easy, and so very degrading.
- ConnectionsFeatured in A Touch of Class (1973)
- SoundtracksRachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.2.
Written by Sergei Rachmaninoff (uncredited)
Played by Eileen Joyce with The National Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Muir Mathieson
Featured review
How Can I Describe Perfection.In Two words:Simply Sublime
For me,a film addicted"Brief Encounter" is a polished diamond.It's the most perfect romance:You don't see lovers climbing balconys or dying in each others hand.What you see in "Brief Encounter"is two ordinary people in love.Only two normal people who stumble on one another in a railroad station and discover that they have more things in common,then meets the eye.So they started to see each other once a week,but their love are doomed,because they are both married and have very good lives.Celia Johnson is a sparklling gem as a house wife repressed who finds a man so repressed as she.That leads us to Trevor Howard.I know the reason of Celia's anguish.A normal woman simply could not resist to those eyes and the perfect face of Trevor,who embodies every english man in a simple wave,or just laughing in the theater.David Lean's soberb direction and Noel Coward's perfect story give space to show that you don't need to be Romeo And Juliet to tell that love's a good cause to fight,even when the fight is lost
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- vivian_baum_cabral
- May 25, 2003
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Noel Coward's Brief Encounter
- Filming locations
- Carnforth Station, Carnforth, Lancashire, England, UK(exterior of Milford Junction Station)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- £170,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $88,307
- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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