Brief Encounter
Brief Encounter is a 1945 British romantic drama film directed by David Lean about a passionate extramarital affair in pre-WWII England.
The main protagonist is Laura, a married woman with children,
whose conventional life becomes increasingly complicated because of a chance meeting at a railway station with a married stranger, Alec.
They fall in love, bringing about unexpected consequences.
The film stars Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway and Joyce Carey.
The screenplay is by Noël Coward, based on his 1936 one-act play "Still Life".
The soundtrack prominently features the Piano Concerto No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff, with Eileen Joyce on piano.
"Brief Encounter" was met with wide praise from critics upon its release, and is today considered to be among Lean's finest works.
In 1999, the British Film Institute voted "Brief Encounter" the second greatest British film of all time.
In 2017 a poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers and critics for "Time Out" magazine saw it ranked the twelfth best British film ever.
The voice-over throughout the film is in the form of an unspoken confession from Laura to her husband.
Walter Ulfig
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Alonso Mudarra
Alonso Mudarra( c. 1510 – April 1, 1580) was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance, and also played the vihuela, a guitar- shaped string instrument.
He was an innovative composer of instrumental music as well as songs, and was the composer of the earliest surviving music for the guitar.
Henri Verdun
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Bert Grund
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Trevor Howard
Trevor Wallace Howard- Smith( 29 September 1913 – 7 January 1988), known as Trevor Howard, was an English actor.
After varied stage work, he achieved star status with his role in the film" Brief Encounter"( 1945), followed by" The Third Man"( 1949).
This led to many popular appearances on film and TV.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff (28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the late Romantic period.
Some of his compositions are staples in the classical music repertoire.
Born into a musical family, Rachmaninoff took up the piano at the age of four.
He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1892, having already composed several piano and orchestral pieces.
In 1897, following the negative critical reaction to his Symphony No. 1, Rachmaninoff entered a four-year depression and composed little until successful therapy allowed him to complete his enthusiastically received Piano Concerto No. 2 in 1901.
For the next sixteen years, Rachmaninoff conducted at the Bolshoi Theatre, relocated to Dresden, Germany, and toured the United States for the first time.
Following the Russian Revolution, Rachmaninoff and his family left Russia; in 1918, they settled in the United States, first in New York City.
With his main source of income coming from piano and conducting performances, demanding tour schedules led to a reduction in his time for composition; between 1918 and 1943, he completed just six works, including "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini", Symphony No. 3, and "Symphonic Dances".
By 1942, his failing health led to his relocation to Beverly Hills, California.
One month before his death from advanced melanoma, Rachmaninoff was granted American citizenship.
In Rachmaninoff's work, early influences of Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Balakirev, Mussorgsky, and other Russian composers gave way to a personal style notable for its song-like melodicism, expressiveness and rich orchestral colors.
Rachmaninoff often featured the piano in his compositions, and he explored the expressive possibilities of the instrument through his own skills as a pianist.
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Margaret Barton
Margaret Barton( born 27 May 1926 in Finsbury Park, London) is a British actress.
She is best known for her role in the 1945 David Lean film" Brief Encounter" in which she played Beryl Walters, a girl who works in the railway station cafe.
Thomas Morse
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Question: Why did the composer of film Brief Encounter die?
Answer: melanoma