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The Great Mr Handel
1942 Directed by Norman WalkerThis 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.
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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
Director
...........................................................Norman Walker
Producer
...........................................................James B. Sloan
Cinematography
...........................................................Jack Cardiff
Claude Friese-Greene
Art Direction
...........................................................Sidney Gausden
Editor
...........................................................Sam Simmonds
Sound Recordist
...........................................................John Cook
Production Companies
...................................................Independent Productions
G.H.W. Productions Ltd.
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Production Countries
........................................................United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
....................................................English
Genres
....................................................Music
Drama
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