Auf Wiedersehen, Mr. Chips (1939)
14KAuf Wiedersehen, Mr. Chips: Directed by Sam Wood, Sidney Franklin. With Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Terry Kilburn, John Mills. An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his personal life over the decades.
“Goodbye Mr Chips must be one of the best films ever made.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe acting of boys, masters and other characters is superb, as is the capturing of the late Victorian/Edwardian period in England, the joy of 1914 on the declaration of war, followed by the sombre roll-calls of the dead in chapel during the war years.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe character of Chips is an instruction in how someoneu0026#39;s life can be transformed for the better by fortuitous events, in this case the meeting on the mountain between Chips and Katherine, which changed him from being a shy but well-meaning schoolmaster who found it difficult to establish a rapport with his pupils and colleagues into someone whose hidden depths and charisma were brought into view by a woman he loved.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis gentle, decent and moving film illustrates, through both Chips and Katherine, the importance of giving of oneself to others who in their turn will benefit as human beings; concepts which might seem outdated in our modern world but remain valuable and timeless.”
