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David Lean

David Lean

British film director, producer and screenwriter (1908-1991)
March 25, 1908 (April 16, 1991)
G.-B. 1984. Mores drama by David Lean with Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft. In India in the 1920s, a young English woman accuses a Muslim doctor, whom she has befriended, of attempted rape.
Runtime: 163 min.
G.-B. 1970. Sentimental drama by David Lean with Sarah Miles, Robert Mitchum, Christopher Jones. In 1916 in an Irish village, the young wife of the schoolmaster falls in love with an English officer.
Runtime: 203 min.
U.S. 1965. Sentimental drama by David Lean with Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin. The romantic adventures of a young doctor during the First World War and the Russian Revolution.
Runtime: 197 min.
G.-B. 1962. History by David Lean with Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn. During World War I, a British lieutenant becomes the commander of Arab troops in the Middle East.
Runtime: 222 min.
G.-B. 1957. War drama by David Lean with Alec Guinness, William Holden, Sessue Hayakawa. British prisoners of war are forced by the Japanese to build a bridge in the jungle.
Runtime: 161 min.
G.-B. 1955. Sentimental comedy by David Lean with Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Darren McGavin. A single American woman on a trip to Venice has a romantic affair with an antique dealer.
Runtime: 99 min.
G.-B. 1954. Comedy by David Lean with Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda de Banzie. A London bootmaker, a true domestic tyrant, is outsmarted by his daughter who becomes his business rival.
Runtime: 108 min.
G.-B. 1952. Psychological drama by David Lean with Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, Nigel Patrick. The sacrifices made by various people involved in the development of fast aircraft.
Runtime: 117 min.
G.-B. 1950. Mores drama by David Lean with Ann Todd, Ivan Desny, Norman Wooland. A young girl from Glasgow's wealthy society is accused of killing a former lover who was trying to blackmail her.
Runtime: 114 min.
G.-B. 1949. Psychological drama by David Lean with Ann Todd, Trevor Howard, Claude Rains. The wife of a rich financier is tempted to leave him with a childhood friend.
Runtime: 86 min.
G.-B. 1948. Drama by David Lean with John Howard Davies, Robert Newton, Alec Guinness. An orphan falls into the hands of pickpockets but is later taken in by an elderly man.
Runtime: 120 min.
G.-B. 1946. Drama by David Lean with John Mills, Jean Simmons, Valerie Hobson. Out of gratitude, an escaped convict sends a young orphan the money he needs for his education.
Runtime: 118 min.
G.-B. 1946. Sentimental drama by David Lean with Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway. A married woman becomes attached to a doctor with whom she has weekly meetings.
Runtime: 86 min.
G.-B. 1945. Fantasy comedy by David Lean with Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond. The appearance of his first wife's ghost causes difficulties for a remarried widower.
Runtime: 96 min.
G.-B. 1944. Chronicle by David Lean with Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, Stanley Holloway. The life of a working-class family in London between the two world wars.
Runtime: 114 min.
G.-B. 1942. War drama by Noel Coward, David Lean with Noel Coward, John Mills, Celia Johnson. The story of a warship and its crew members.
Runtime: 100 min.

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