Look Back in Anger

Look Back in Anger1958/I

Stars: Horst Frank, Ingrid Andree, Werner Bruhns, Hilde Mikulicz
Rating: N/A
When John Osborne's play Look Back in Anger debuted in 1956, the main character--ranting, relentless, infuriating Jimmy Porter--galvanized audiences and spoke for a young generation frustrated with stagnant life in postwar England. In this contempor… more »



Jimmy Porter:
It's no good fooling about with love you know. You can't fall into it like a soft job without dirtying up your hands. It takes muscle and guts. If you can't bear the thought of messing up your nice, tidy soul, you better give up the whole idea of life and become a saint, because you'll never make it as a human being. It's either this world... or the next.

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