Backdrop from Country
Poster for Country

Country

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  • Drama
  • TV Movie

Overview

In 1945, the Carlions assemble at an English country house for a family gathering. During the event, they must determine who is to take over the family brewing empire, since the present head of the business, Sir Frederick, is getting old. The results of the 1945 general election causes a major stir, and some angry farmers occupy a barn.

Keywords

  • birthday party
  • world war ii
  • patriarch
  • wealthy family
  • male homosexuality
  • missing daughter
  • female journalist
  • war photographer
  • long lost relative
  • dinner party
  • country house
  • family business
  • election
  • family gathering
  • squatting
  • presumed dead
  • spanish civil war (1936-39)
  • conservatism
  • ballroom dancing
  • socialists
  • estranged family
  • dead son
  • business successor
  • christening

Details

Status
Released
Release date
October 20, 1981
Original language
English
Countries
United Kingdom
Production
BBC
Director
Richard Eyre
Producer
Ann Scott
Cinematography
Nat Crosby
Budget
Not recorded
Revenue
Not recorded
Country (1981) | Kinocult