[Gosia]

Znalazłam informację, że powieść "Mary Barton" autorstwa Elizabeth Gaskell została sfilmowana.
Było to w 1964 roku. Film wyreżyserował Michael Imison.

4 part adaptation of the novel by Mrs Gaskell set in the industrial North of England in the early 19th Century, against the background of the Chartist movement.

Obsada:
Lois Daine ... Mary Barton
George A. Cooper ... John Barton
Cyril Luckham ... Mr. Carson
Eileen Dale ... Mrs. Carson
Linda Marlowe ... Sophy Carson
Patrick Mower ... Harry Carson
Barry Warren ... Gem Wilson
Gwendolyn Watts ... Margaret Legh
Joe Gladwin ... Job Legh
Clare Kelly ... Jane Wilson
John Barrett ... George Wilson
Elsie Wagstaff ... Aunt Alice

Był to miniserial 4-odcinkowy. Nakręcony oczywiście przez BBC.

Tytuły częsci:
PART 1 FIRE (1964)
PART 2 VIOLENCE (1964)
PART 3 MURDER (1964)
PART 4 TRIAL (1964)

Oto fotka Barry Warrena, ktory gral Gema Wilsona:


Lois Daine, ktora zagrala Mary Barton jest takze w obsadzie "Wichrowych wzgorz" - tej wersji z Timothy Daltonem.


Nie ma w necie fotek z tej produkcji.

[Gosia]

Znalazlam opis poszczegolnych odcinkow tego filmu, ale zamieszcze tylko:

PART 1 FIRE
1 odcinek:
Mary Barton lives with father John, a leading figure in the local Chartist movement struggling to improve the lot of his fellow workers. Jem Wilson is attracted to her but they have a misunderstanding. Harry Carson, son of the local mill owner also pays attention to her and gives her a present. A workers' petition to Parliament fails and there is much discontent amongst the local workforce, so much so that Carson's mill is set on fire in an arson attack.

Spoiler:

PART 2 VIOLENCE
2 odcinek
Mary rejects Jem's marriage proposal. Misery is rife since the fire at Carson's mill and John Barton and other members of a deputation are dismissed. Feelings run high and Harry Carson is shot by an assassin and dies.

Part 3 MURDER
3 odcinek
Jem is arrested for Harry's murder and Mary goes to Liverpool searching for will, who can give Jem an alibi, but she seems to be too late.

PART 4 TRIAL
4 odcinek:
Mary is called as a witness for the defence when Jem Wilson is tried for the murder of Harry Carson. She chases after Will, Jem's cousin who is another vital witness and manages to catch him before his ship sails off.