In WW2 London, a writer falls in love with the wife of a British civil servant but both men suspect her of infidelity with yet another man.In WW2 London, a writer falls in love with the wife of a British civil servant but both men suspect her of infidelity with yet another man.In WW2 London, a writer falls in love with the wife of a British civil servant but both men suspect her of infidelity with yet another man.
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- TriviaProducer David Lewis first acquired the film rights to Graham Greene's novel in January 1952 with Gregory Peck and Jean Simmons as possible leads. Then in March 1952 MGM bought the rights from Lewis. Finally in February 1952, producer David E. Rose acquired the rights with a deal in place for Columbia to distribute the picture.
- GoofsAfter the bomb explosion, when Sarah leaves, she stops in doorway and grabs the door side with the right hand. Between cuts, she appears without hand on the door at all.
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Sarah Miles: What do you believe in, Henry? All these years I've been married to you I've never really known; I've never even asked. Do you believe that there's a hell and a heaven, and an immortal soul, and a god who rewards and punishes and answers prayers?
Henry Miles: It's not exactly the sort of thing to go into over a cup of tea.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Peter Cushing: A One-Way Ticket to Hollywood (1989)
With a background of World War II, neighbors Maurice Bendrix and Sarah Miles (Van Johnson and Deborah Kerr) have a deep, passionate romance. But they are separated for a year or so, and when they try to resume the relationship (or when Johnson tries to resume the relationship - Kerr seems relatively hesitant). It turns out that, due to personal experiences, Kerr has had a religious revelation. She is listening to a Catholic priest. She is also trying to help a man with a deformity (a birthmark) on his face who hates God. She is also concerned about the spiritual health of Johnson and of her actual husband Henry (Peter Cushing, in a very moving - and non-horrific role). The film shows how Kerr affects all the lives around her, even beyond her death after a short illness (as the novel does). Yes, it is too talky - novels about ideas (and here it is the age old question of what is real love, the spiritual or the profane)usually are. Greene, good Catholic exponent that he was, would have said that Kerr's devotion to her God was an outpouring of divine true love to her fellow creatures. Her death is not a tragedy. But Greene the novelist and part-time realist cannot leave it there. Johnson's character is bitter at the end of this remarkable novel, and at the end of the film. And his bitterness is directed at the source of that love that triumphed over his profane one.
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- Oct 28, 2005
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- Das Ende einer Affaire
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- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1