The Browning Version

The Browning Version

  • Director: Mike Figgis
  • Writer: Terence Rattigan,Ronald Harwood
  • Countries of origin: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • Release date: October 12, 1994
  • Sound mix: Dolby, Dolby SR
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: 峰途路轉
  • "The Browning Version" is a drama film directed by Mike Figgis. Albert Finney, Greta Scalci and others participated in the film. It was released in France in 1994.
    "The Browning Version" tells the story of Andrew Crocker-Harris, who teaches Greek and Latin in British public schools, an unpopular teacher whose pupils see him as Hitler. Not only was he forced to retire from his 20-year teaching career on the grounds of ill health, but he probably wouldn't be given a pension. His wife Laura was unfaithful to him and liked to rub salt in his wounds. Andrew must end his life of failure and regain his self-esteem.

    Details

    • Release date October 12, 1994
    • Filming locations Milton Abbey School, Blandford, Dorset, England, UK
    • Production companies Percy Main

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $487,391

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $48,719

    Gross worldwide

    $487,391

    Movie reviews

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    • By Kathryn 2022-05-11 22:32:42

      Classic and Passionate

      "Browning's Translation," the film ends with Professor Harris standing alone under the academy's arches. Just like the beginning of the film, the long shot cuts from the outside to the inside, a story about a "cowardly husband and a dissatisfied wife", or, in other words, a story about sticking to the classics and facing the challenges of the times.

      The film's male protagonist is Professor Harris, who, like all typical down-and-out protagonists, is frustrated in both career and love....

    • By Ernestina 2022-05-11 22:08:14

      The Browning Version

      Gentleman ~ elegant person. In my heart, there is only a feeling of eagerness, an inexplicable feeling for culture, personality, aesthetics, all, and all those who deserve to be respected and admired.

      In a trance, I can't understand, I can't see. Classics and reality are...

    • By Kirstin 2022-05-11 18:49:09

      traditional embarrassment

      Overall, I wasn't too impressed with this film. Maybe it was the language barrier that prevented me from fully experiencing the connotation that the film was trying to convey. But I believe that I still grasped most of the film.
      The title of this review is determined as "The Embarrassment of Tradition", because according to my own understanding, "tradition" is the soul of this film. This anachronistic old teacher is tradition incarnate.
      This is an old movie, and the environment where...

    • By Clarabelle 2022-05-11 17:42:06

      Those who are gentle and conquered are favored by God

      Based on Terence Rattigan's novel, this heritage film builds a beautiful and nostalgic scene against the backdrop of classical architecture, sophisticated costumes, inherited regulatory etiquette, and English countryside scenery. world. Of course, the most important thing is Albert Finney's performance, which is still deep and explosive. Albert plays a Greek classics teacher named Andrew Crocker-Harris. Crocker-Harris). He was stern, disciplined, and high-flying, and was dubbed "Hitler" and...

    • By Summer 2022-05-11 16:25:29

      Everything is passable, everything is loose

      The contradictions and pains of scholars who have undertaken the mission of inheriting the old school in the environment where the obvious learning is declining and Homer is dead seem to be one of the themes that the film tries to convey. However, the protagonist, Professor Harris, is not so empathetic to the audience. As stated in his speech in his exit speech, he "failed" his "noble calling" to "caring and guiding young people", and he was "overwhelmed", making the audience...

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    • By Carolyne 2023-09-30 17:35:15

      It's rare for a teacher who sees Tian'er to teach others about Latin literature to face all the embarrassments of his life when he is retired... I think this is what education ultimately needs......

    • By Mireille 2023-09-29 18:48:30

      A true display of the conflict between traditional and modern...

    • By Billie 2023-09-28 10:05:28

      #Watching Notes# 2296 4.5 I love acting in a small film, but fortunately, both men, women, and children have acting skills...

    • By Shyanne 2023-09-20 07:53:12

      Very engaging movie so men can't be...

    • By Darren 2023-09-19 23:56:37

      Life will eventually return to life, or in other words, when people get old and external symbols will eventually disappear, people can truly achieve a certain sense of return when they bravely face the essence of life and accept their unsatisfactory self. And life still means eternal life, not determined by oneself, but by one's own...

    Movie plot

    Crock Harris, a classics teacher at a British school, is about to retire due to ill health. One day, the student Taplow came to him and asked to switch from classical literature to science. Harris did not answer his request explicitly, only telling Taplow that he would be taking Greek literature classes for him in the afternoon. Harris was irritated by Taplow's poor translation of the Greek tragic writer Aeschylus, but he was gentle...
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    Movie quotes

    • Andrew: I'd rather have this present than anything else I can think of.

    • Taplow: I feel sorry for him...

      Boy: Sorry?! For old Hitler? You little arse licker!

    • Andrew: In the Cold War, everyone wanted to learn Russian. Then came Perestroika; Russian wasn't trendy any more.