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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1997)

Directed by Mike Barker

Overview

Based on a little known 1848 novel by Anne Bronte, Tara Fitzgerald stars as an enigmatic young woman who moves to 19th Century Yorkshire with a young son. Distancing herself from everyone in the village and their prying questions, she remains totally aloof until a charming neighbor farmer gets her to reveal her past through his persistence. Only then does she reveal she is hiding away from a womanizing, belittling husband.

Length 160 minutes

Actors

Toby Stephens | Pam Ferris | Rupert Graves | James Purefoy | Cathy Murphy | Kenneth Cranham | Dominic Rowan | Tara Fitzgerald | Beatie Edney | Sarah Badel | Jonathan Cake | Joe Absolom | Sean Gallagher | Miranda Pleasence | Susannah Wise