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Title: Pani Miniver (1942)
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Clare Sandars | ... | |
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Marie De Becker | ... |
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The Minivers, an English "middle-class" family experience life in the first months of World War II. While dodging bombs, the Minivers' son courts Lady Beldon's granddaughter. A rose is named after Mrs. Miniver and entered in the competition against Lady Beldon's rose. Written by Michael Rice <TheMikeRic@aol.com>
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"Mrs. Miniver" is more than a picture -- It's dramatic. It's tender. It's human. It's real. See more »Certificate:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
1 December 1942 (Sweden) See more »Also Known As:
Pani Miniver See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USABox Office
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$1,344,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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Lady Beldon: He was beheaded! Such things happen in the best families. In fact, usually in the best families.
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(1843) (uncredited)
from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Written by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Played on piano by Clare Sandars
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After first-choice Norma Shearer rejected the title role (as she refused to play a mother), Greer Garson was cast. Although she didn't want the part either she was contractually bound to take it, and won the Academy Award for her performance. See more »Goofs
Just after Mrs. Miniver hands the German pilot a bottle of milk to drink, spilled milk appears all over his coat. The milk subsequently disappears and reappears on the coat several times between shots. See more »Quotes
Kay Miniver: Did you know that the 12th Lord Beldon was hanged?Lady Beldon: He was beheaded! Such things happen in the best families. In fact, usually in the best families.
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Crazy Credits
Opening credits prologue: This story of an average English middle-class family begins with the summer of 1939; when the sun shone down on a happy, careless people, who worked and played, reared their children and tended their gardens in that happy, easy-going England that was so soon to be fighting desperately for her way of life and for life itself. See more »Soundtracks
Wedding March(1843) (uncredited)
from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Written by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Played on piano by Clare Sandars
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"Mrs. Miniver" is an important film which captured the Best Picture Oscar in 1942. Greer Garson (Oscar-winning) is excellent as the titled character. The movie deals with what civilians have to go through while all the men are off fighting in the war. It takes place in war-stricken England and was made right when all of Europe was in chaos. All in all, "Mrs. Miniver" is a great film that is one of the best films produced in the 1940s. 4.5 out of 5 stars.