A once brilliant and promising scholar of the literature of ancient Greece Andrew Crocker-Harris became a schoolmaster for a prominent British prep-school eighteen years ago. However, although he had high aspirations that his career would continually advance, he has been stuck in the same job for his entire career. At one point in time Crocker-Harris loved the literature he taught and wanted to imbue his students with the love of Greek Literature. Yet because of his dry humorless nature, his students began to lose interest in what he had to say and so he just went through the movements of teaching without really caring if his students learned or not. At one point he enjoyed the fact that his students laughed at his odd vocalizations and mannerisms, but that faded as well and Crocker-Harris became viewed as a humorless Himmler-esquire man. Now with his health fading and his marriage on the rocks, Crocker-Harris is going to retire from his present institution and go to a school for less than upstanding students, and it seems that his present colleagues and students could not care less. However, this might not be entirely so, because he has one student, Taplow, who seems to have a bit more interest in the old curmudgeon.
On the same day he learns that he will not receive a pension for all of his years of teaching and that he has been asked to speak next to last instead of last at a reception, Crocker-Harris receives the Robert Browning's translation of Aeschylus's Agamemnon from Taplow and his stony visage crumbles. However, even this bit of pleasure might be taken away from him The Browning Version is one of those films that I knew that I wanted to watch when I saw the cover of the box. I am not exactly sure why, but the stoic visage of Crocker-Harris, Michael Redgrave, just piqued my curiosity and I am glad it did because this is a spectacular yet heartbreaking film. Please do check it out if you get the chance. Redgrave's acting job is one of the best that I have ever seen.
On the same day he learns that he will not receive a pension for all of his years of teaching and that he has been asked to speak next to last instead of last at a reception, Crocker-Harris receives the Robert Browning's translation of Aeschylus's Agamemnon from Taplow and his stony visage crumbles. However, even this bit of pleasure might be taken away from him The Browning Version is one of those films that I knew that I wanted to watch when I saw the cover of the box. I am not exactly sure why, but the stoic visage of Crocker-Harris, Michael Redgrave, just piqued my curiosity and I am glad it did because this is a spectacular yet heartbreaking film. Please do check it out if you get the chance. Redgrave's acting job is one of the best that I have ever seen.