Goodbye, Mr. Chips is a 1939 British film based on the novel of the same name by James Hilton. The film was directed by Sam Wood for the British division of MGM at Denham Studios, and starred Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Terry Kilburn, John Mills, and Paul Henreid. The screenplay was adapted from the novel by R. C. Sherriff, Claudine West and Eric Maschwitz. The film was voted the 72nd greatest British film ever in the BFI Top 100 British films poll. In 1933, Mr. Chipping, a retired schoolteacher of 83, is kept home by a cold. Managing to arrive late, despite doctor's orders he finds the... assembly hall locked. Back at home he falls asleep . When 22-year-old Charles Edward Chipping first arrives as a Latin teacher to Brookfield Public School in 1870, he becomes a target of many practical jokes. He reacts by imposing strict discipline in his classroom, making him respected, but disliked. Realising he is not good at his profession, he glumly ponders his future. However, the German teacher, Max Staefel, saves him from despair by taking him on holiday to his native Austria.
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| Release date: | March 15, 1939 |
| Directed by: | Sam Wood |
| Runtime: | 114 Minutes |
| Producer: | Victor Saville |
| Editor: | Charles Frend |
| Music by: | Richard Addinsell |
| Cinematography: | Freddie Young |
| Screenplay by: | Eric Maschwitz, R. C. Sherriff, Claudine West |
| Estimated budget: | $1,051,000 |
| Adapted from: | Good-bye, Mr. Chips |