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Accident

Stephen is a professor at Oxford University who is caught in a rut and feels trapped by his life in both academia and marriage. One of his students, William, is engaged to the beautiful Anna, and Stephen becomes enamored of the younger woman. These three people become linked together by a horrible car crash, with flashbacks providing details into the lives of each person and their connection to the others in this brooding English drama.

Original title: Accident

4

nominations

25%

winning rate

1

win

British Academy Film Awards #21 - 1968

Award People Status
Outstanding British Film Joseph Losey
Best British Actor Dirk Bogarde
Best British Production Design Carmen Dillon

Cannes Film Festival #20 - 1967

Award People Status
Special Jury Prize [Main Competition] Joseph Losey Winner