The Browning Version
“The greatest lessons in the life and the ones learned by heart.”
Andrew Crocker-Harris is an embittered and disliked teacher of Greek and Latin at a British prep school. After nearly 20 years of service, he is being forced to retire for 'health reasons', and perhaps may not even be given a pension. The boys regard him as a Hitler, with some justification. His unfaithful wife Laura tries to hurt him in any way she can. Andrew must come to terms with his failed life and at least regain his own self-esteem.
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Cast
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Albert Finney
Andrew Crocker-Harris
Known for
Big Fish
Erin Brockovich
Greta Scacchi
Laura Crocker-Harris
Known for
The Odyssey
Bodies
Matthew Modine
Frank Hunter
Known for
Stranger Things
Full Metal Jacket
Julian Sands
Tom Gilbert
Known for
Rose Red
Leaving Las Vegas
Michael Gambon
Dr. Frobisher
Known for
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Sleepy Hollow
Ben Silverstone
Taplow
Known for
Get Real
Lolita
Jim Sturgess
Bryant
Known for
21
Geostorm
Joseph Beattie
Wilson
Known for
Hex
Colditz
Marc Bolton
Grantham
Also in
Ultraviolet
The Victim
Tom Havelock
Grantham
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Walter Micklethwait
Buller
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Jotham Annan
Prince Abakendi
Also in
Johnny and the Dead
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Mike Figgis Director · Ronald Harwood Writer Terence Rattigan Author
Worldwide gross $487K · Budget $7M · United States release October 12, 1994
Box office
Budget
$7,000,000
Worldwide gross
$487,391
Gross vs. budget
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Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
Scott Free Productions
Production
United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · Greek · Latin
Release dates
France · June 8, 1994
Theatrical
United States · October 12, 1994
Theatrical
Czechia
May 11, 1995 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 18, 1995 · Theatrical
August 21, 2003 · TV · RTL 5
February 15, 2007 · Physical · DVD
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