Brief encounter
(DVD) 

Distributors and distribution dates may vary. Distributed by Criterion in 2012 as part of a 4-disc set titled: David Lean directs Noël Coward.

Videodisc release of the 1945 motion picture.

Special features include: digital transfer, with restored image and sound; audio commentary by film historian Bruce Eder; restoration demonstration; original theatrical trailer.

Based on the play Still life by Noel Coward.

Written by Noel Coward, David Lean, and Anthony Havelock-Allan ; director of photography, Robert Krasker ; film editor, Jack Harris ; music director, Muir Mathieson, conducting the National Symphony Orchestra ; piano soloist, Eileen Joyce.

Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond, Everly Gregg, Marjorie Mars, Margaret Barton.

Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson star as middle-class suburbanites whose casual friendship evolves into a passionate yearning for each other. But as their affections grow stronger, they must face a difficult decision that will affect both of their lives forever.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD format; mono; original theatrical 1:33:1 aspect ratio.

Closed captioned in English for the hearing impaired.