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- Set amid the tumult of the Second World War, yet with a rhythm as delicate as a lullaby, the film follows three modern-day incarnations of Chaucer’s pilgrims—a melancholy “landgirl,” a plainspoken American GI, and a resourceful British sergeant—who are waylaid in the English countryside en route to the mythical town and forced to solve a bizarre village crime.
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A Canterbury Tale is a 1944 British film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger starring Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price and Sgt. John Sweet; Esmond Knight provided narration and played two small roles.
Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury. A 'Land Girl', an American GI, and a British soldier find themselves together in a small Kent town on the road to Canterbury.
A Canterbury Tale: Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. With Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, John Sweet. Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.
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- Comedy, Drama, Mystery
- Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
- 1949-01-21
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s beloved classic A Canterbury Tale is a profoundly personal journey to Powell’s bucolic birthplace of Kent, England. Set amid the tumult of the Second World War, yet with a rhythm as delicate as a lullaby, the film follows three modern-day incarnations of Chaucer’s pilgrims—a melancholy “landgirl ...
- Thomas Colpeper
The film is a beautifully evocative (albeit idealised) portrait of everyday life in England during the war, a multi-layered morality tale (which admits various interpretations), and an entertaining satire on the clash of American and English cultures.
- Michael Powell
A Canterbury Tale takes its title from The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, and loosely uses Chaucer's theme of "eccentric characters on a religious pilgrimage" to highlight the wartime experiences of the citizens of Kent, and encourage wartime Anglo-American friendship and understanding.
On the way to Canterbury during World War II, American G.I. Bob Johnson (John Sweet) mistakenly gets off the train in Chillingbourne, where he encounters British Sgt. Peter Gibbs (Dennis Price)...
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- Drama, Mystery & Thriller
