A Profile of 'Brief Encounter'

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A Profile of 'Brief Encounter'

2000

0h 24m

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Overview

Documentary about the making of David Lean's 1945 film "Brief Encounter".

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David Bond

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Margaret Barton

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Lucy Fleming

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Anthony Havelock-Allan

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Sheridan Morley

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Ronald Neame

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John Sessions

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