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The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) [NR]

Release Date:
December 25, 1946

Original Title:
The Best Years of Our Lives

Alternate Titles:
Cei mai Frumosi Ani ai Vietii Noastre
De Beste Jaren van Ons Leven
De bedste år
De beste år av vårt liv
De schoonste onzer jaren
Die schönsten Jahre unseres Lebens
Glory for Me
Hayatimizin En Güzel Yillari
Home Again
Həyatımızın Ən Gözəl İlləri
Lo mejor de nuestra vida
Los Mejores Años De Nuestras Vidas
Los mejores años de nuestra vida
Najbolje godine
Najbolje godine naših života
Najlepsze lata naszego zycia
Os Melhores Anos das Nossas Vidas
Os Melhores Anos de Nossa Vida
Parhaat vuodet
Samuel Goldwyn's The Best Years of Our Lives
Ta kalytera hronia tis zois mas
Най-добрите години от нашия живот
黄金年代
우리 생애 최고의 해

Genres:
Drama | Romance | War

Production Companies:
RKO Radio Pictures
Samuel Goldwyn Company
Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AR: 13  BR: e 12  DE: 12  ES: APTA  FI: S  GB: U  NL: AL  PT: e 12  US: NR 

Runtime: 171

Three wonderful loves in the best picture of the year!

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It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.

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American Film Institute (AFI)
1998
#37 		100 Years: 100 MOVIES
100 Greatest American Movies Of All Time
2006
#11 		100 Years: 100 CHEERS
100 Most Inspiring Films Of All Time
2007
#37 		100 Years: 100 MOVIES — 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
100 Greatest American Films Of All Time

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Production

Art Direction:
Perry Ferguson
George Jenkins

Assistant Director:
Jonathan C. Boyle

Costume Design:
Irene Sharaff

Director:
William Wyler

Director of Photography:
Gregg Toland

Editor:
Daniel Mandell

Gaffer:
Bill McLellan

Hairstylist:
Marie Clark

Makeup Artist:
Robert Stephanoff

Music Director:
Emil Newman

Novel:
MacKinlay Kantor

Original Music Composer:
Hugo Friedhofer

Producer:
Samuel Goldwyn

Screenplay:
Robert E. Sherwood

Set Decoration:
Julia Heron

Sound:
Larry Gannon

Sound Recordist:
Richard DeWeese

Special Effects:
John P. Fulton
Harry Redmond Sr.

Supervising Sound Editor:
Gordon Sawyer

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