The Great Mr Handel
6.9
“The Life - Tragedy and Triumphs and the Glorious Music of the Illustrious Brought to the Screen”
This classic film reveals how the great composer Georg Friedrich Handel rose above the personal anguish and difficulties in his life to create the sublime musical composition, The Messiah.
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Cast
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Wilfrid Lawson
George Frideric Handel
Known for
Pygmalion
The Long Voyage Home
Elizabeth Allan
Mrs. Cibber
Known for
Mark of the Vampire
A Tale of Two Cities
Norman Walker
Also in
Sing As We Go
Midshipman Easy
James B. Sloan
Gerald Elliott
Malcolm Keen
Lord Chesterfield
Known for
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
The Manxman
Michael Shepley
Sir Charles Marsham
Known for
Henry V
Max Kirby
Frederick, Prince of Wales
Also in
Billion Dollar Brain
Maytime in Mayfair
L. du Garde Peach
Hay Petrie
Phineas
Known for
The Thief of Bagdad
Jamaica Inn
Morris Harvey
John Heidegger
Known for
Scrooge
A.E. Matthews
Charles Jennens
Known for
The Million Pound Note
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Norman Walker Director · Sam Simmonds Editor
United States release September 9, 1943 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production G.H.W. Productions Ltd., J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Production
Independent Productions
Production
G.H.W. Productions Ltd.
Production
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Production
Independent Producers
Production
United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · November 9, 1942
Theatrical
United States · September 9, 1943
New York City, New York
Austria
December 1, 1950
Portugal
November 12, 1943
Sweden
April 20, 1946
XC
March 21, 1947 · Theatrical
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