- Country: UK
- Genres: Drama, Romance
- Release: 1946-08-24
- Director: David Lean
- Writers: Noel Coward (1899–1973)
- Language: English | French
- Stars: Celia Johnson , Trevor Howard (I) (1913–1988) , Stanley Holloway (1890–1982) , Joyce Carey , Cyril Raymond , Everley Gregg , Marjorie Mars , Margaret Barton , Wilfred Babbage , Alfie Bass
- Runtime: 86 min
- Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. 4 wins & 3 nominations total
- AKA: Σύντομη συνάντηση (Greece) , 逢びき(1945) (Japan) , Kort möte (Sweden) , Brief Encounter (Korea) , Σύντομη συνάντησις (Greece) , Breve Encontro (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Noel Coward's Brief Encounter (United Kingdom) , Breve incontro (Italy) , Breu encontre (Spain) , Brève rencontre (France, French Republic) , Brève Rencontre (Canada) , Brief Encounter (Thailand) , Кратка среща (Bulgaria) , Desencanto (Brazil) , Késői találkozás (Hungary) , Brief Encounter (United Kingdom) , Короткая встреча , Brief Encounter (Australia) , Puto najsilnejsie (Slovakia (Slovak Republic)) , Det korte møde (Denmark) , Begegnung (Austria) , Scurta întâlnire (Romania) , Короткая встреча (Russian Federation) , Brief Encounter , Breve encuentro (Argentina) , Spotkanie (Poland) , Brief Encounter (Israel) , Kısa Tesadüfler (Turkey) , Brief Encounter (United Arab Emirates) , Brief Encounter (Canada) , Kratak susret (Serbia) , Lyhyt onni (Finland) , Bežno srečanje (Slovenia) , Begegnung (Germany) , Brief Encounter (United States of America) , Syntomi synantisi (Greece) , Kort møte (Norway) , Lo que no fue (Mexico) , Lo que no fué (Argentina) , Syntomi synantisis (Greece) , Breve encuentro (Spain) , 相見恨晚 (Taiwan) , Коротка зустріч (Ukraine)Begegnung (Austria), Begegnung (Germany), Breu encontre (Spain), Breve Encontro (Portugal), Breve encuentro (Argentina), Breve encuentro (Spain), Breve incontro (Italy), Brève rencontre (France), Desencanto (Brazil), Det korte møde (Denmark), Késői találkozás (Hungary), Kisa tesadüfler (Turkey), Kort möte (Sweden), Kort møte (Norway), Kratak susret (Serbia), Kratko srecanje (Slovenia), Lo que no fué (Argentina), Lo que no fue (Mexico), Lyhyt onni (Finland), Noel Coward's Brief Encounter (UK), Puto najsilnejsie (Slovakia), Spotkanie (Poland), Syntomi synantisi (Greece), Syntomi synantisis (Greece), Σύντομη Συνάντηση (Greece), Коротка зустрiч (Ukraine), Короткая встреча (Russia), Короткая встреча (Soviet Union), Кратка среща (Bulgaria), 相见恨晚 (China)
- Plot:
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.
- IMDB:tt0037558
Brief Encounter Cast · · · ALL
David Lean
Director
Celia Johnson
Laura Jesson
Trevor Howard
(I)
(1913–1988)
Dr. Alec Harvey
Stanley Holloway
(1890–1982)
Albert Godby
Joyce Carey
Myrtle Bagot
Cyril Raymond
Fred Jesson
Everley Gregg
Dolly Messiter
Marjorie Mars
Mary Norton
Margaret Barton
Tea Room Assistant Beryl Walters
Alfie Bass
Waiter at the Royal (uncredited)
Wallace Bosco
Doctor After Bobbie's Accident (uncredited)
Sydney Bromley
Johnnie, the Second Soldier (uncredited)
Noel Coward
(1899–1973)
Train Station Announcer (uncredited)
Valentine Dyall
Alec's Friend Stephen Lynn (uncredited)
Irene Handl
The Cellist and Organist (uncredited)
Dennis Harkin
Beryl's Man Stanley (uncredited)
Jack May
Boat Rental Man (uncredited)
Avis Scott
Kardomah Waitress (uncredited)