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The Great Mr Handel (1942)

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

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: 1942-11-09
Runtime: 89 min
Rating: 6.5 / 10
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
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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
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Frederick Cooper
Pooley
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Andrew Leigh
Captain Coram
Robert Atkins
Robert Atkins
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H.F. Maltby
Ivan Samson
Ivan Samson
Charles Groves
Charles Groves
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Alfred Sangster
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D.J. Williams
Leader of performance wreckers
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Michael Hunt
The Kytch Boys
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Alan Wren
The Kytch Boys