In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand - the dresser - is devoted to the brilliant but tyrannical head of the company. He struggles to support the deteriorating star as the company struggles to carry on during the London Blitz. The pathos of his backstage efforts rival the pathos in the story of Lear and the Fool that is being presented on-stage, as the situation comes to a crisis.
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Awards Dominance
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Nominations
Won
1984
Actor in a Leading Role
Tom Courtenay
Actor in a Leading Role
Albert Finney
Best Picture
Peter Yates, Producer
Directing
Peter Yates
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Ronald Harwood
1984
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Tom Courtenay
Best Director - Motion Picture
Peter Yates
Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language
The Dresser
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Albert Finney
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Ronald Harwood
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