Accident
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Joseph Losey
Dirk Bogarde
Stanley Baker
Jacqueline Sassard
Michael York
Vivien Merchant
Film Details
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Synopsis
The sound of a car crash shatters the stillness of the country night and brings Stephen, an Oxford don, from his work to investigate. He finds two of his students--William, an English nobleman who is dead, and Anna, an Austrian princess suffering from shock. Carrying Anna to his house, Stephen recalls recent events involving the students. During a tutoring session Stephen learns of William's love for Anna, and Stephen, whose wife, Rosalind, expects their third child and who senses the approach of middle age, also is strongly attracted to her. Stephen's frustration is increased by his unsatisfactory attempt to rekindle the passion he once shared with Francesca and the knowledge that Anna is having an affair with Charley, his brash, more successful Oxford colleague. Anna, however, decides to marry William, and she asks Stephen to tell Charley. Before he can do so, William is killed en route to Stephen's home. As Anna regains consciousness, Stephen makes love to her; afterwards he smuggles her into her dormitory. Anna's decision to return to Austria shocks Charley, and Stephen resumes his life with Rosalind.
Director
Joseph Losey
Cast
Dirk Bogarde
Stanley Baker
Jacqueline Sassard
Michael York
Vivien Merchant
Delphine Seyrig
Alexander Knox
Ann Firbank
Harold Pinter
Brian Phelan
Terence Rigby
Freddie Jones
Jill Johnson
Jane Hillary
Maxwell Findlater
Carole Caplin
Nicholas Mosley
Crew
Reginald Beck
Alan Bell
Derek Browne
Richard Dalton
John Dankworth
Beatrice Dawson
De Luca Of Rome
Carmen Dillon
Gerry Fisher
Geoffrey Haine
Gerry Humphreys
Simon Kaye
Bob Lawrence
Joseph Losey
Harold Pinter
Norman Priggen
Pearl Tipaldi
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Quotes
A statistical analysis of sexual intercourse at Kolenzo University, Milwaukee showed... that 70% did it in the evening, 29.9% between 2 and 4 in the afternoon and 0.1% during a lecture on Aristotle.- Charley
I'm surprised to hear that Aristotle is on the syllabus in the State of Wisconsin.- Aged Professor
Trivia
Notes
Filmed on location at Oxford and London. Opened in London in February 1967.
Miscellaneous Notes
Voted One of the Ten Best English Language Films of the Year by the 1967 National Board of Review.
Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 1967 Cannes Film Festival.
Released in United States Spring April 17, 1967
Limited re-release in United States May 23, 2014
Re-released in Paris November 27, 1991.
Released in United States Spring April 17, 1967
Limited re-release in United States May 23, 2014 (New York)
The United Kingdom
