Synopsis
Stephen is a professor at Oxford University who is caught in a rut and feels trapped by his life in both academia and marriage. One of his students, William, is engaged to the beautiful Anna, and Stephen becomes enamored of the younger woman. These three people become linked together by a horrible car crash, with flashbacks providing details into the lives of each person and their connection to the others in this brooding English drama.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes76%
120 audience votes
Key crew
- John DankworthOriginal Music Composer
- Joseph LoseyDirector
- Harold PinterScreenplay
Cast
- Dirk BogardeStephen
- Stanley BakerCharley
- Jacqueline SassardAnna
- Michael YorkWilliam
- Vivien MerchantRosalind
- Delphine SeyrigFrancesca
- Alexander KnoxProvost
- Ann FirbankLaura
- Brian PhelanPolice Sergeant
- Terence RigbyPlain Clothed Policeman
- Freddie JonesMan in Bell's Office
- Jill JohnsonSecretary
Stills
Themes
infidelitybased on novel or bookobsessionprofessorseductionoxfordflashbackcar accidentaristocrattorment