Directed by:
Marleen GorrisScreenplay:
Eileen AtkinsCinematography:
Sue GibsonComposer:
Ilona SekaczCast:
Vanessa Redgrave, Natascha McElhone, Rupert Graves, Michael Kitchen, Lena Headey, Oliver Ford Davies, Robert Hardy, Janet Henfrey, Peter Cellier, Faith Brook (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
An adaptation of Virginia Wolf's 1925 novel about a melancholic middle-aged society woman--"a perfect hostess"--who, thrown into a crisis, reflects upon her life as a politician's wife during the days of World War I. Her story takes place over the course of one day and is juxtaposed with that of a badly shell-shocked World War I veteran whose own day will end in suicide. The two stories overlap with news of his death reaches the party. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Vanessa Redgrave](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/544/162544391_8289b2.jpg)
Vanessa Redgrave
UK
Best movies:
Atonement (2007)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
A Man for All Seasons (1988) (TV movie)
![Natascha McElhone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/081/166081465_29da95.jpg)
Natascha McElhone
UK
Best movies:
The Truman Show (1998)
The Company (2007) (series)
Cadfael (1994) (series)
![Rupert Graves](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/579/161579723_566024.jpg)
Rupert Graves
UK
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Wallander (2008) (series)
All My Loved Ones (1999)
![Michael Kitchen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/147/172/147172512_96f55e.jpg)
Michael Kitchen
UK
Best movies:
Out of Africa (1985)
New Year's Day (2000)
GoldenEye (1995)
![Lena Headey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/650/160650050_05e086.jpg)
Lena Headey
Best movies:
The Long Firm (2004) (TV movie)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Aberdeen (2000)
![Oliver Ford Davies](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/064/158064348_ea5684.jpg)
Oliver Ford Davies
Best movies:
Hamlet (2009) (TV movie)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
![Robert Hardy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871820_03d947.jpg)
Robert Hardy
UK
Best movies:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
![Janet Henfrey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/279/158279892_a67336.jpg)
Janet Henfrey
UK
Best movies:
Lady Jane (1986)
Wolf Hall (2015) (series)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
![Peter Cellier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/477/161477694_5090ac.jpg)
Peter Cellier
UK
Best movies:
Barry Lyndon (1975)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
And the Ship Sails On (1983)
![Faith Brook](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576605_e838c2.jpg)
Faith Brook
UK
Best movies:
To Sir, with Love (1967)
View from the Loft (1974)
Across the Bridge (1957)
![Margaret Tyzack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/444/444322_6a9445.jpg)
Margaret Tyzack
UK
Best movies:
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Miss Marple: Nemesis (1987) (TV movie)
Match Point (2005)
![Alistair Petrie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/143/164143742_fe599c.jpg)
Alistair Petrie
UK
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Rush (2013)
Harley and the Davidsons (2016) (series)
![Phyllis Calvert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/371/371151_66d33e.jpg)
Phyllis Calvert
UK
Best movies:
Mandy (1952)
Twisted Nerve (1968)
Indiscreet (1958)
![John Standing](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/416/416797_b986df.jpg)
John Standing
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Chaplin (1992)
King Rat (1965)
![Amelia Bullmore](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/627/162627925_fa3ec2.jpg)
Amelia Bullmore
UK
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
![Richenda Carey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/321/158321549_15aae3.gif)
Richenda Carey
UK
Best movies:
Florence Nightingale (1985) (TV movie)
Colonia (2015)
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (2010) (TV movie)
![Selina Cadell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/647/161647173_5b03c9.jpg)
Selina Cadell
UK
Best movies:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Match Point (2005)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Katie Carr
UK
Best movies:
Homer's Odyssey (1997) (TV movie)
Mrs Dalloway (1997)
Dinotopia: The Series II (2002) (series)
Alan Cox
UK
Best movies:
John Adams (2008) (series)
Jane Eyre (1983) (series)
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
Hilda Braid
UK
Best movies:
Scrooge (1970)
Midsomer Murders (1997) (series)
Mrs Dalloway (1997)