Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)

Directed by

Sam Wood

Genre

drama film, flashback film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 140 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An elderly schoolteacher looks back on his long career at a British boarding school. He remembers his students, his colleagues, and the love of his life.

gentlenostalgicheartfeltsentimentalslow-pacedtenderwarmbittersweet

What happens

Goodbye, Mr. Chips is a 1939 romantic drama film starring Robert Donat and Greer Garson, and directed by Sam Wood. Based on the 1934 novella of the same name by James Hilton, the film is about Mr. Chipping, a beloved aged school teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school, who recalls his career and his personal life over the decades. Produced for the British division of MGM at Denham Studios, the film was dedicated to Irving Thalberg, who died on 14 September 1936. At the 12th Academy Awards, it was nominated for seven awards, including Best Picture, and Donat, for his performance as Mr. Chipping, won the award for Best Actor. At the time of its release, the picture appeared on Film Daily's and the National Board of Review's ten best lists for 1939 and received the "best picture" distinction in The Hollywood Reporter Preview Poll of May 1939. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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