The read
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do. It runs long at 2h 46m.
Synopsis
Bathsheba Everdine, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and becomes romantically involved with three widely divergent men.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes64%
Metacritic55/100
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
107 audience votes
Key crew
- John SchlesingerDirector
- Frederic RaphaelScreenplay
- Richard Rodney BennettOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Julie ChristieBathsheba Everdene
- Terence StampSgt. Francis "Frank" Troy
- Alan BatesGabriel Oak
- Peter FinchWilliam Boldwood
- Fiona WalkerLiddy
- Prunella RansomeFanny Robin
- Alison LeggattMrs. Hurst
- Paul DawkinsHenery Fray
- Julian SomersJan Coggan
- Freddie JonesCainy Bell
- Andrew RobertsonAndrew Randle
- Brian RawlinsonMatthew Moon
Stills
Themes
farmshepherdjealousyrage and hatebased on novel or bookvictorian englandfarm lifebritish soldier