David Lean — Director (15)
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This Happy Breed (1944)
This Happy Breed
David Lean actor: Robert Newton / Celia Johnson …
other title: La famiglia Gibbon / Esta Nobre Raça …
A chronicle of the lives of the Gibbons family, from shortly after the end of the First World War to the beginning of the Second.
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In Which We Serve (1942)
In Which We Serve
Noël Coward / David Lean actor: Noël Coward / John Mills …
other title: Eroi del mare / Havet er vor skæbne …
The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship’s first and only commanding officer is Captain E.V. Kinross, who trains his men not only to be loyal to him and the country, but—most importantly—to themselves.
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Blithe Spirit (1945)
Blithe Spirit
David Lean actor: Rex Harrison / Constance Cummings …
other title: Spirito allegro / Uma Mulher do Outro Mundo …
While holding a séance for skeptical novelist Charles Condomine, self-proclaimed 'spiritualist medium' Madame Arcati inadvertently summons the spirit of his deceased first wife Elvira, leading to an increasingly complex love triangle with Ruth, his current wife of five years.
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Great Expectations (1946)
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David Lean actor: John Mills / Valerie Hobson …
other title: Grandi speranze / Grandes Esperanças …
In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.
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A Passage to India (1984)
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David Lean actor: Judy Davis / Victor Banerjee …
other title: Passaggio in India / Vejen til Indien …
Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, the story begins with the arrival in India of a British woman, Miss Adela Quested, who is joining her fiancé, a city magistrate named Ronny Heaslop. She and Ronny's mother, Mrs. Moore, befriend an Indian doctor, Aziz H. Ahmed.
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Oliver Twist (1948)
Oliver Twist
David Lean actor: John Howard Davies / Robert Newton …
other title: Le avventure di Oliver Twist / As Aventuras de Oliver Twist
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.
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Summertime (1955)
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David Lean actor: Katharine Hepburn / Rossano Brazzi …
other title: Tempo d'estate / Loucura em Veneza …
Middle-aged Ohio secretary Jane Hudson has never found love and has nearly resigned herself to spending the rest of her life alone. But before she does, she uses her savings to finance a summer in romantic Venice, where she finally meets the man of her dreams, the elegant Renato Di Rossi.
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Brief Encounter (1945)
Brief Encounter
★ 7.5 6 ratings
David Lean actor: Celia Johnson / Trevor Howard …
other title: Breve incontro / Det korte møde …
Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.
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The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
★ 8.4 5 ratings
David Lean actor: William Holden / Alec Guinness …
other title: Il ponte sul fiume Kwai / Broen over floden Kwai …
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.
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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Lawrence of Arabia
★ 8.8 12 ratings
David Lean actor: Peter O'Toole / Alec Guinness …
other title: Lawrence d'Arabia / Lawrence af Arabien …
The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.