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Mrs. Miniver

  • 19421942
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 2h 14m
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7.6/10
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Mrs. Miniver (1942)
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DramaRomanceWar
A British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II.A British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II.A British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II.
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
18K
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    • William Wyler
  • Writers
    • Arthur Wimperis(screenplay)
    • George Froeschel(screenplay)
    • James Hilton(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Greer Garson
    • Walter Pidgeon
    • Teresa Wright
    • William Wyler
  • Writers
    • Arthur Wimperis(screenplay)
    • George Froeschel(screenplay)
    • James Hilton(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Greer Garson
    • Walter Pidgeon
    • Teresa Wright
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 127User reviews
    • 61Critic reviews
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    • Won 6 Oscars

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    Mrs. Miniver
    Trailer 2:39
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    Greer Garson, Richard Ney, and Walter Pidgeon in Mrs. Miniver (1942)
    Greer Garson, Richard Ney, Walter Pidgeon, Christopher Severn, and May Whitty in Mrs. Miniver (1942)
    Greer Garson, Richard Ney, Walter Pidgeon, Clare Sandars, Christopher Severn, and Teresa Wright in Mrs. Miniver (1942)
    Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon in Mrs. Miniver (1942)
    Guy Bellis, Aubrey Mather, Richard Ney, and Walter Pidgeon in Mrs. Miniver (1942)
    Mrs. Miniver (1942)
    Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon in Mrs. Miniver (1942)
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    Mrs. Miniver (1942)
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    Greer Garson
    Greer Garson
    • Mrs. Miniver
    Walter Pidgeon
    Walter Pidgeon
    • Clem Miniver
    Teresa Wright
    Teresa Wright
    • Carol Beldon
    May Whitty
    May Whitty
    • Lady Beldon
    • (as Dame May Whitty)
    Reginald Owen
    Reginald Owen
    • Foley
    Henry Travers
    Henry Travers
    • Mr. Ballard
    Richard Ney
    Richard Ney
    • Vin Miniver
    Henry Wilcoxon
    Henry Wilcoxon
    • Vicar
    Christopher Severn
    • Toby Miniver
    Brenda Forbes
    Brenda Forbes
    • Gladys (Housemaid)
    Clare Sandars
    • Judy Miniver
    Marie De Becker
    • Ada
    Helmut Dantine
    Helmut Dantine
    • German Flyer
    John Abbott
    John Abbott
    • Fred
    Connie Leon
    • Simpson
    Rhys Williams
    Rhys Williams
    • Horace
    Harry Allen
    • William
    • (uncredited)
    Frank Atkinson
    • Man in Tavern
    • (uncredited)
      • William Wyler
    • Writers
      • Arthur Wimperis(screenplay)
      • George Froeschel(screenplay)
      • James Hilton(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      In real life, shortly after shooting was completed, Greer Garson married Richard Ney, who plays her son, Vin, in the film.
    • Goofs
      The double-decked bus seen in the opening sequence is not a British bus at all, nor was it actually a double-decked bus. An American bus was used, with a false upper deck grafted onto it. The American-style passenger door can be seen on the right-hand side in the bus's first appearance; a real London Transport bus would have had its door on the left-hand side.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Vicar: We, in this quiet corner of England, have suffered the loss of friends very dear to us - some close to this church: George West, choir boy; James Ballard, station master and bell ringer and a proud winner, only one hour before his death, of the Beldon Cup for his beautiful Miniver rose; and our hearts go out in sympathy to the two families who share the cruel loss of a young girl who was married at this altar only two weeks ago. The homes of many of us have been destroyed, and the lives of young and old have been taken. There is scarcely a household that hasn't been struck to the heart. And why? Surely you must have asked yourself this question. Why in all conscience should these be the ones to suffer? Children, old people, a young girl at the height of her loveliness. Why these? Are these our soldiers? Are these our fighters? Why should they be sacrificed? I shall tell you why. Because this is not only a war of soldiers in uniform. It is a war of the people, of all the people, and it must be fought not only on the battlefield, but in the cities and in the villages, in the factories and on the farms, in the home, and in the heart of every man, woman, and child who loves freedom! Well, we have buried our dead, but we shall not forget them. Instead they will inspire us with an unbreakable determination to free ourselves and those who come after us from the tyranny and terror that threaten to strike us down. This is the people's war! It is our war! We are the fighters! Fight it then! Fight it with all that is in us, and may God defend the right!

      [the congregation stand and sing "Onward Christian Soldiers", which then segues into an orchestral rendition of "Pomp and Circumstance"]

    • Crazy credits
      End of the film: AMERICA NEEDS YOUR MONEY BUY DEFENSE BONDS AND STAMPS EVERY PAY DAY
    • Connections
      Featured in Some of the Best (1944)
    • Soundtracks
      Midsummer's Day
      (uncredited)

      Written by Gene Lockhart

      Played and Sung by the local glee club at the flower show

    User reviews127

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    10/10
    The People's War
    With the help of the extensive British colony in Hollywood, William Wyler directed at MGM the best World War II propaganda film to come out of our film industry. Mrs. Miniver won a host of Oscars including Best Picture, Best Actress for Greer Garson, Best Supporting Actress for Teresa Wright, Best Director for William Wyler, all deserved.

    Forget all the war pictures, this film about the trials of a British family just before and during World War II struck a poignant note with the American public. Showing how they were coping with the attacks on their civilian population made every American family identify with the Minivers. If they fail in their resolution to defend their blessed isle, we in America could be facing these same trials and depredations.

    Like the people in The Diary of Anne Frank, the Minivers are such ordinary folks, caught up in a thing that was not of their making. The film opens with Greer Garson coming home after a shopping trip to London deciding how to tell her husband Walter Pidgeon about a new hat. On the way home, the stationmaster Henry Travers asks Garson permission to name a rose he's been cultivating for the flower show the Miniver Rose. Pidgeon's splurged on a new car and he's trying to figure out how to tell Garson.

    The war comes and the Minivers and all their neighbors in their small country town have to deal with rationing and shortages and then the blitz as the ruling malignancy in Germany seeks to terrorize the British people into submission. As London took it as their Prime Minister said it would, so to do the small villages and hamlets, especially if they're located next to an RAF base.

    Which is where their oldest boy, Richard Ney, is now stationed after having left Oxford. He's involved too, with a radiantly beautiful Teresa Wright as the granddaughter of the local grande dame, Dame May Witty.

    Wright is involved in two of my favorite scenes. When she first meets the pretentious Ney and gently but firmly puts him down, who could help but fall for this girl. And her final scene with Greer Garson is what I'm convinced got them both Oscars. You have to see it, I can't say more and the hardest of hearts will be moved.

    Pidgeon's moment comes when he's called away because he owns a small boat, a cabin cruiser we'd call it and ordered to take it to Ramsbottom. It's the beginning of the greatest citizen mobilization of the last century, the evacuation of the British Army from the beach at Dunkirk. He and thousands like him are told what the mission is and they could expect to be under fire at that beach and crossing 40 miles of English Channel. No one flinches and a very nice animated scene at night is showing all of these small crafts filling up the river on a date with history.

    Garson also comes face to face with Nazism herself as she first is held captive and then turns the tables on a wounded Nazi flier who bailed out played by Helmut Dantine. Don't think all the women in America didn't think about coming face to face with evil right in their kitchens.

    Both Walter Pidgeon for Best Actor and Henry Travers for Best Supporting Actor got nominations themselves, but lost to James Cagney and Van Heflin respectively. In addition Dame May Witty was also up for Best Supporting Actress, but lost to her fellow cast member Teresa Wright.

    The valedictory for the film is delivered by Vicar Henry Wilcoxon after a bad raid in which several cast members are killed. With so much death and destruction waged on them at home, it has become the people's war, more a people's war than it was even in the United States with so many civilian casualties. We got a taste of it at Pearl Harbor and a much bigger taste on 9/11 in New York, Northern Virginia, and on the Pennsylvania countryside. The words of Henry Wilcoxon should be standard reading or viewing. It's what makes Mrs. Miniver such a timeless classic as we deal with another brand of totalitarian malignancy in this century.
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    • Nov 21, 2007

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    • Release date
      • December 1, 1942 (Sweden)
      • United States
      • English
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • 2 hours 14 minutes
      • Black and White

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