The read
It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
While researching the work of author D.H. Lawrence (Kenneth Branagh), Kate (Alison Steadman) begins a romance with a fellow academic, and learns about Lawrence's love affair with the married aristocrat Frieda Von Richthofen (Helen Mirren) in this made-for-television drama. As Lawrence and Von Richthofen fall deeper into their forbidden relationship, Kate grows more familiar with Lawrence's work, such as the sensuous Lady Chatterly's Lover.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Peter Barber-FlemingDirector
- Alan PlaterWriter
Cast
- Kenneth BranaghD.H. Lawrence
- Helen MirrenFrieda von Richtofen Weekley
- Alison SteadmanKate
- Philip Martin BrownDavid
- Felicity MontaguJessie Chambers
- Fiona VictoryAlice Dax
- Norman RodwayWilliam Hopkin
- Alison KingSallie Hopkin
- Lynn FarleighLydia Lawrence
- Malcolm StorryArthur Lawrence
- Robin Paul BassfordYoung Lawrence