Mrs. Miniver

""Mrs. Miniver" is more than a picture... It's dramatic. It's tender. It's human. It's real."

1942 2h 14m EN

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7.1

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7.6

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★7.1TMDB · 300🍅93%Rotten Tomatoes●77Metacritic★7.6IMDB · 20,917

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Synopsis

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Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady Beldon. Then the war comes and Vin joins the RAF.

“"Mrs. Miniver" is more than a picture... It's dramatic. It's tender. It's human. It's real.”

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Cast

Greer Garson
Mrs. Miniver
Walter Pidgeon
Clem Miniver
Teresa Wright
Carol Beldon
May Whitty
Lady Beldon
Reginald Owen
Foley
Henry Travers
Mr. Ballard
Richard Ney
Vin Miniver
Henry Wilcoxon
Vicar

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: William Wyler
Writers: George Froeschel, Arthur Wimperis, Claudine West
Languages: German, English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $1.3M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Grossed $14M — a 10.0× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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3 / 8

ERA

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84 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, English.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Mrs. Miniver Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by William Wyler, shot by Joseph Ruttenberg. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Herbert Stothart. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

ERA

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Editor Harold F. Kress shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

William Wyler directs. Joseph Ruttenberg behind the camera. Herbert Stothart scores. Harold F. Kress cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in German, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $1.3M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Grossed $14M — a 10.0× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
384 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, English.
5Part of the "Mrs. Miniver Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by William Wyler, shot by Joseph Ruttenberg. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Herbert Stothart. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Harold F. Kress shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon and Teresa Wright carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: ""Mrs. Miniver" is more than a picture... It's dramatic. It's tender. It's human. It's real.".
11IMDB entry: tt0035093 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 13 themes, including "based on novel or book", "england", "hostage", "world war ii".

The technical file

Cinematography: Joseph Ruttenberg
Original score: Herbert Stothart
Editing: Harold F. Kress
Costume design: Gile Steele
Makeup / hair: Sydney Guilaroff
Runtime: 134 min · 2h 14m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $1,344,000
Box office: $13,500,000
Return: 1004% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes: 93% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 77/100
IMDB rating: 7.6/10 · 20,917 votes
MPAA: Approved

Awards

Won 6 Oscars. 15 wins & 7 nominations total

Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Academy Award for Best Actress
Academy Award for Best Director
Academy Award for Best Picture

Individual records documented via Wikidata; the summary above may count more.

Part of

Mrs. Miniver Collection

Two films about an English family living during World War II and it's aftermath.

Also by

William Wyler

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barrymost2019-09-05
★ 9/10
So many wonderful, talented actors and actresses in this, where do I begin? Here we have the magnificent line-up of Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, Dame May Whitty, and Henry Travers, to name but a few. All do a splendid and highly accomplished job. Greer Garson is lovely, as usual, and Henry Travers is a most likeable old character actor. This sentimental WWII drama tells its simple, honest story remarkably well, and is most definitely a classic. As a side note, this, along with the movie Random Harvest, made in the same year, served to put Garson right at the top in Hollywood in no time.
Jack2020-05-23
★ 7/10
It is not easy to describe this film. For the current generation, the film might not mean much but imagine those who watched this film, witnessing the events they themselves have gone through. Only then you truly understand the power of the film. To me, who is in his mid-30s, the film is certainly a reflection of decent, honest, not over the top acting you may be accustomed to see in films of the same era. This is certainly the reason it gets the score I gave. It could certainly be shorter but then you’d have to give up on some important character development scenes. Would I watch this film again? I don’t think so. Would I make my friends watch it? Possibly not.
CinemaSerf2022-06-26
★ 7/10
The "Miniver" family are a well-to-do lot living a middle class life in rural England. "Clem" (Walter Pidgeon) and his eponymous wife (Greer Garson) have to get to grips with the arrival of the war when their son "Vin" (Richard Ney) joins up and they are told they can't leave their landing light on anymore - to help guide in the planes when landing at a nearby RAF base. What now ensues illustrates gently, but quite potently, the impact on ordinary people across the land of the Luftwaffe's constant raids and their concomitant fears. It's the start of the war so confidence is still high - a fact well demonstrated by the stiff upper lip attitude of the stoic "Lady Beldon" (Dame May Whitty) who insists that the local flower show (which she usually wins) proceed as normal. With a couple of unwelcome house guests and a determination to help with the Dunkirk evacuations, this is an engaging - if slightly rose-tinted - look at survival amongst a class of people ill-equipped for this profound change in their circumstances. The rose growing "Ballard" (Henry Travers) also serves as an unlikely conduit for the political message too, as his relationship with the lady of the manor spells, amiably, the final death knells of the entitled aristocracy. Garson is entirely convincing here, as is Dame May, and with Pidegon providing a solid bedrock we are presented with a touching story that's maybe a little heavy on sentiment, but still well worth watching.