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Based on H. G. Wells’s story of former lovers who rekindle their romance in Switzerland, this is one of David Lean’s most passionate love stories, elevated by Guy Green’s lyrical location cinematography in London, Switzerland, and France. Mary Justin (Ann Todd) is married to her jealous husband, Howard (Claude Rains), but finds herself besotted with old flame Steven Stratton (Trevor Howard). A continuation of the themes explored in the devastating Brief Encounter (1945), the film embraces a female perspective, allowing the viewer to hear Mary’s interior monologue as she navigates the passion she wants and stability she needs.
Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.
1949 | 95 min. | UK | Black-and-White | English | Not Rated | DCP
DIRECTED BY: David Lean
WRITTEN BY: Eric Ambler, David Lean, Stanley Haynes
WITH: Ann Todd, Claude Rains, Trevor Howard, Betty Ann Davies