poster

1942

(11/09/1942) (GB)

Music, Drama,

1h 29m

65

User Score

The Life - Tragedy and Triumphs and the Glorious Music of the Illustrious Brought to the Screen

Overview

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.

1942

65

User Score

(11/09/1942) (GB)

Music, Drama,

1h 29m

The Life - Tragedy and Triumphs and the Glorious Music of the Illustrious Brought to the Screen

Overview

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.

Cast

Wilfrid Lawson

Wilfrid Lawson

George Frideric Handel

Elizabeth Allan

Elizabeth Allan

Mrs. Cibber

Malcolm Keen

Malcolm Keen

Lord Chesterfield

Michael Shepley

Michael Shepley

Sir Charles Marsham

Max Kirby

Max Kirby

Frederick, Prince of Wales

Hay Petrie

Hay Petrie

Phineas

Morris Harvey

Morris Harvey

John Heidegger

A.E. Matthews

A.E. Matthews

Charles Jennens

Andrew Leigh

Andrew Leigh

Captain Coram

D.J. Williams

D.J. Williams

Leader of performance wreckers

Michael Hunt

Michael Hunt

The Kytch Boys

Alan Wren

Alan Wren

The Kytch Boys