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Quartet

Ensemble comedy drama. An opera star arrives at a performers' retirement home amidst fraught preparations for a fundraising concert. Her presence offers an opportunity to reunite a successful quartet.

An opera star arrives at a performers' retirement home amidst fraught preparations for a fundraising concert. Her presence adds to the tension, but it also offers an opportunity to reunite a successful quartet. The diva's one-time husband is upset to see her, while the two other former members relish the challenge.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 4 Dec 202523:40

Music Played

  • Tinie Tempah

    Pass Out

  • Dario Marianelli

    Not Upset

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Rigoletto: Caro Nome

  • Trevor Peacock, David Ryall & Jack Honeyborne

    Underneath The Arches

Billy Connolly talks Quartet: 'Dying is easy, but staying alive is quite difficult'

'Stay young', advises Billy, in an interview with BBC News.

Hoffman sings praises of retired performers in Quartet

'For these people the phone hadn't rung for 20, 30 or 40 years, even through they can deliver,' Dustin tells BBC News.

Credits

RoleContributor
Jean HortonMaggie Smith
Reggie PagetTom Courtenay
Wilf BondBilly Connolly
Cissy RobsonPauline Collins
Cedric LivingstonMichael Gambon
Dr Lucy CoganSheridan Smith
Bobby SwansonAndrew Sachs
Anne LangleyGwyneth Jones
GeorgeTrevor Peacock
HarryDavid Ryall
Frank WhiteMichael Byrne
NobbyRonnie Fox
SimonLuke Newberry
NigelJohn Rawnsley
WriterRonald Harwood
DirectorDustin Hoffman

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Quartet at BBC Films

Quartet at BBC Films

More about the film, including interviews with Billy Connolly and Sheridan Smith.