Watch The Great Mr Handel (1942) Official Trailer
The Life - Tragedy and Triumphs and the Glorious Music of the Illustrious Brought to the Screen
6.6 / 10 IMDb November 9, 1942 1h 29m
This classic film reveals how the great composer Georg Friedrich Handel rose above the personal anguish and difficulties in his life to create the sublime musical composition, The Messiah.
Director
Runtime
1h 29m
Release Date
November 9, 1942
Genre
Music, Drama
Status
Released
Languages
English
Country
United Kingdom
Producers
Cast
Wilfrid Lawson
as George Frideric Handel
Elizabeth Allan
as Mrs. Cibber
Malcolm Keen
as Lord Chesterfield
Michael Shepley
as Sir Charles Marsham
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Max Kirby
as Frederick, Prince of Wales
Hay Petrie
as Phineas
Morris Harvey
as John Heidegger
A.E. Matthews
as Charles Jennens
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Frederick Cooper
as Pooley
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Andrew Leigh
as Captain Coram
Robert Atkins
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H.F. Maltby
Ivan Samson
Charles Groves
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Alfred Sangster
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D.J. Williams
as Leader of performance wreckers
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Michael Hunt
as The Kytch Boys
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Alan Wren
as The Kytch Boys
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Amy Dalby
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Trefor Jones
as Singer
Production Companies
Independent Productions
G.H.W. Productions Ltd.
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
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