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.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Marius Goring, Helen Cherry, Pamela Buck, Maureen Pryor, John Bown, Ian Fleming
Crew: François Mauriac (Writer), Basil Bartlett (Writer), Harold Clayton (Producer), Richard Wilmot (Production Design)
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Language: English
Studio: BBC
Runtime: 90 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jun 09, 1959
IMDb: 10
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