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Synopsis
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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Credits
- Producer
- Jack Clayton, George K. Arthur
- Director
- Jack Clayton
- Screenplay
- Wolf Mankowitz
- Director of Photography
- Wolfgang Suschitzky
- Original Music Composer
- Georges Auric
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Studios
- John and James Woolf
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