The Great Mr Handel
The Life - Tragedy and Triumphs and the Glorious Music of the Illustrious Brought to the Screen
1942 | 89m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | Norman Walker |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 09, 1942 |
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| Director: | Norman Walker |
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| Production Companies | Independent Productions, J. Arthur Rank Organisation, G.H.W. Productions Ltd. |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: May 06, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Wilfrid Lawson | George Frideric Handel |
| Elizabeth Allan | Mrs. Cibber |
| Malcolm Keen | Lord Chesterfield |
| Michael Shepley | Sir Charles Marsham |
| Max Kirby | Frederick, Prince of Wales |
| Hay Petrie | Phineas |
| Morris Harvey | John Heidegger |
| A.E. Matthews | Charles Jennens |
| Frederick Cooper | Pooley |
| Andrew Leigh | Captain Coram |
| Robert Atkins | |
| H.F. Maltby | |
| Ivan Samson | |
| Charles Groves | |
| Alfred Sangster | |
| D.J. Williams | Leader of performance wreckers |
| Michael Hunt | The Kytch Boys |
| Alan Wren | The Kytch Boys |
| Amy Dalby | |
| Trefor Jones | Singer |
| Alfred Harris | |
| Dorothy Vernon | |
| Charles Doe | |
| Frank Atkinson | Permobble |
| Leonard Sharp | |
| Judith Nelmes | |
| Jean Stanley | |
| Victor MacLure | |
| Hyma Beckley | Man Buying Oranges |
| Maureen Chamberlain | Child |
| Toni Gable | Lady |
| Kenneth Griffith | |
| Martita Hunt | Chorister |
| Gladys Ripley | Mrs. Cibber (singing voice) |
| Name | Job |
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| Norman Walker | Director |
| Jack Cardiff | Cinematography |
| Claude Friese-Greene | Cinematography |
| Sidney Gausden | Art Direction |
| Sam Simmonds | Editor |
| John Cook | Sound Recordist |
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| James B. Sloan | Producer |
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