Hobson's Choice

[Machine Translation] [KADOKAWA Western Film Selection 8 Selected Masterpieces] The eldest daughter plans to marry her sisters against her self-satisfied father. A masterpiece comedy by David Lean, the director of "A Scene" ( 45 ), "A Journey" ( 55 ), and "Lawrence of Arabia" ( 62 )! Charles Laughton, who plays Hobson, is a famous actor who appeared in "The Lover" ('57) and "Spartacus" ('60). His only film as a director, "The Night of the Hunter" ('55), is a cult classic. John Mills, who plays Will, the shoemaker whom the eldest daughter chooses to marry, is another famous British actor who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Ryan's Daughter" ('70), also directed by Lean. Awards: 1954 Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, 1954 Best Picture at the British Academy Awards - The end of the 19th century. Hobson runs a shoe store in a town near Manchester and has three daughters. Hobbs' eldest daughter rebels against him by refusing to allow her daughters to marry, because she wants the eldest to look after herself in her old age and her two younger sisters, who are in love, to spare their dowries....

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[KADOKAWA 洋画セレクション 厳選名画8作品] 勝手な父親に対抗して長女は妹たちと結婚を画策する。『逢びき』(45)、『旅情』(55)、『アラビアのロレンス』(62)の巨匠デヴィッド・リーン監督の傑作コメディ! ホブスン役のチャールズ・ロートンは、『情婦』(57)、『スパルタカス』(60)等に出演の名優。唯一の監督作品『狩人の夜』(55)はカルト映画となっている傑作。長女が結婚相手に選ぶ靴職人ウィルを演じるジョン・ミルズもイギリスの名優で、同じリーン監督の『ライアンの娘』(70)でアカデミー賞助演男優賞を受賞している。受賞: 1954年ベルリン国際映画祭金熊賞、1954年英国アカデミー賞作品賞 ――19世紀末。マンチェスターに近い町で靴店を営むホブスンには3人の娘がいた。長女には自分の老後を見させるため、恋人のいる妹2人は持参金が惜しいため、娘たちの結婚を許さないホブスンに長女が反旗を翻す・・・。