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The Sound Barrier(Movie, 1952)

1h 58min | Genres: Drama, Romance / Love, War
The Sound BarrierRating: 3.3/5 (with 2323 votes)
The Sound Barrier is a 1952 British aviation drama film directed by David Lean. It is a fictional story about attempts by aircraft designers and test pilots to break the sound barrier. It was David Lean's third and final film with his wife Ann Todd, but it was his first for Alexander Korda's London Films, following the break-up of Cineguild. The Sound Barrier stars Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, John Justin and Nigel Patrick. It was known in the United States as Breaking Through the Sound Barrier and Breaking the Sound Barrier. The Sound Barrier was a box-office success on first release, but it has become one of the least-known of Lean's films. Following on In Which We Serve (194... ()
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Awards & Nominations for The Sound Barrier

Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for Best Sound

About The Sound Barrier

Fictionalized story of British aerospace engineers solving the problem of supersonic flight.

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Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 13 languages: Danish (DA), German (DE), English (EN), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 10/10/1952
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Svindlande rymder"
"Breaking the Sound Barrier"
Keywords: sound barrier

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