In 1870, Mr. Chipping (Robert Donat) arrives in the traditional Brookfield Boarding School to give history classes in the lower school. He has a rough first day with the indiscipline of the class, and the Headmaster Wetherby (Lyn Harding) advises him that he needs ability to exercise his authority, otherwise he would be fired. He gives a severe punishment to the class achieving the respect of the students. When Wetherby dies in 1888, the old-fashion senior Mr. Chipping expects to be the next headmaster, but he is not promoted. His German colleague and friend Max Staefel (Paul Von Hernried) invites him to travel on vacations with him to Austria, where he meets the progressive British Katherine (Greer Garson). The shy and lonely Mr. Chipping and Katherine fall in love for each other and sooner they get married. Back to Brookfield, the enchantment of Katherine makes Mr. Chips popular with his colleagues and students and he is promoted to housemaster. Katherine makes him believe that he could be the headmaster if he wanted, but she dies in the delivery with their baby. With the beginning of World War I, Mr. Chips is promoted to headmaster until his death after sixty-six years of service to Brookfield.
"Goodbye, Mr. Chips" is a beautiful movie with a pleasant story of a teacher that might have inspired the author of "To Sir With Love". Robert Donat gives a fantastic performance of a shy and old-fashionable man along sixty-six years of his life. Greer Garson shines in the role of a lovely woman ahead of time and it is wonderful to see her in this role. It is amazing the resemblance of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and the Brookfield School when the students are reunited with the teachers, and the embarkation of students in the train station, and I dare to write that these locations in "Harry Potter" have been also inspired in the set decoration of "Goodbye, Mr. Chips". My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Adeus Mr. Chips" ("Goodbye Mr. Chips")
"Goodbye, Mr. Chips" is a beautiful movie with a pleasant story of a teacher that might have inspired the author of "To Sir With Love". Robert Donat gives a fantastic performance of a shy and old-fashionable man along sixty-six years of his life. Greer Garson shines in the role of a lovely woman ahead of time and it is wonderful to see her in this role. It is amazing the resemblance of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and the Brookfield School when the students are reunited with the teachers, and the embarkation of students in the train station, and I dare to write that these locations in "Harry Potter" have been also inspired in the set decoration of "Goodbye, Mr. Chips". My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Adeus Mr. Chips" ("Goodbye Mr. Chips")