The Bespoke Overcoat(Movie, 1956)

Name: The Bespoke Overcoat
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Released: 1956
Duration: T00:37:00
Rating: 3.3

37min | Genres: Drama, Fantasy

Rating: 3.3/5 (with 8 votes)

The Bespoke Overcoat is a 1956 British black and white short film directed by Jack Clayton, based on a 1953 play of the same name by Wolf Mankowitz. The story is an adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's short story The Overcoat with the action moved from Russia to the East End of London. In this version the protagonists are poor Jews working in the clothing trade, played by Alfie Bass and David Kossoff. It won an Oscar at the 29th Academy Awards in 1957 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel). ()

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Awards & Nominations for The Bespoke Overcoat

Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-Reel nominated for: Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-Reel

About The Bespoke Overcoat

Fender is a lowly clerk in the warehouse of clothing manufacturers Ranting and Co. His one ambition is to have an overcoat of his own. Refused one by the cold hearted Ranting he asks a tailor friend, Morry, to make him one instead, but dies of cold before he can take delivery of it. Unwilling to give up his only desire even in death, he returns as a ghost to persuade Morry to steal him the overcoat he so coveted in life.

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Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)

Based on the work of: Nikolai Gogol

Made by: Remus

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 3 languages: English (EN), French (FR), Russian (RU)

Status: Released

Release date DE: 11/01/1955

Cast: Alfie Bass, David Kossoff, Alan Tilvern

Director: Jack Clayton

Producer: George K. Arthur, Jack Clayton

Screenwriter: Wolf Mankowitz

Director of Photography: Wolfgang Suschitzky

Composer: Georges Auric

Keywords: clothing store, poor, funeral, coat, ghost, short film, clerk

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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