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Overview

Marcelle de Barthas is young French widow, who since her husband’s death some seven years previously, has lived a secluded life in her country house, with her four children. The eldest one, Emmy, is a beautiful and pure young girl of seventeen, who tentatively believes she has a calling to the religious life. The second child, Bertrand, aged fifteen, has been sent to England for an exchange holiday with a young English boy, Harry Fanning, and when the play opens, the French children are excitedly awaiting his arrival. Also living with the family is a French governess, and a tutor, Blaise Lebel. Lebel has a sombre power over the family, and it is the ‘intrusion’ of Harry that sets in motion in him a wave of resentment and fear.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 9, 1959

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Production

BBC

Cast

Marius Goring,Ronnie Raymond,Maureen Pryor,Ian Fleming,Pamela Buck,Waveney Lee,Helen Cherry,Frederick Victor,Max Latimer,John Bown

Writer

François Mauriac,Basil Bartlett

Producer

Harold Clayton

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1670340