---
title: 'Blithe Spirit (1945)'
type: 'film'
director: 'David Lean'
released: '1945-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 102
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/blithe-spirit-1945'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038363/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Blithe Spirit (1945)

1945 · 102 min · Drama, Fantasy, Romance · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Blithe Spirit is a 1945 British supernatural black comedy film directed by David Lean. The screenplay by Lean, cinematographer Ronald Neame and associate producer Anthony Havelock-Allan, is based on Noël Coward's 1941 play of the same name, the title of which is derived from the line "Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert" in the poem "To a Skylark" by Percy Bysshe Shelley. The song "Always", written by Irving Berlin, is an important plot element in Blithe Spirit.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Noël Coward](https://cinepixo.com/people/noel-coward), [David Lean](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-lean), [Ronald Neame](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-neame), [Anthony Havelock-Allan](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-havelock-allan)
- **Producer:** [Noël Coward](https://cinepixo.com/people/noel-coward)
- **Director:** [David Lean](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-lean)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ronald Neame](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-neame)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Richard Addinsell](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-addinsell)
- **Editor:** [Jack Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-harris)

## Cast

- [Constance Cummings](https://cinepixo.com/people/constance-cummings)
- [Kay Hammond](https://cinepixo.com/people/kay-hammond)
- [Rex Harrison](https://cinepixo.com/people/rex-harrison)
- [Joyce Carey](https://cinepixo.com/people/joyce-carey)
- [Hugh Wakefield](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-wakefield)
- [Margaret Rutherford](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-rutherford)
- [Noël Coward](https://cinepixo.com/people/noel-coward)

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