Dec 30, 1982
162 min
Full-HD

The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1982)

Jane Lapotaire and Joss Ackland star in this adaptation of Rudolph Besier's play. Elizabeth Barrett is kept a virtual prisoner by her father. Then the poet Robert Browning bursts into her life.

Category

History Drama

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

BBC

Jane Lapotaire

Elisabeth Moulton-Barrett

Joss Ackland

Edward Moulton-Barrett

Jeremy Brett

Robert Browning

Nigel Stock

Dr. Chambers

Lea Brodie

Henrietta Barrett

Carmen du Sautoy

Arabel Barrett

Alex Guard

Octavius Barrett

Stephen Kemble

Septimus Barrett

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