Synopsis
Growing up in the sheltered confines of a 1920s English coal-mining community, free-spirited sisters Gudrun and Ursula explore erotic love with a wealthy playboy and a philosophical educator, with cataclysmic results for all four.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
141 audience votes
Key crew
- Larry KramerWriter
- Ken RussellDirector
- Georges DelerueOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Alan BatesRupert Birkin
- Oliver ReedGerald Crich
- Glenda JacksonGudrun Brangwen
- Jennie LindenUrsula Brangwen
- Eleanor BronHermione Roddice
- Alan WebbThomas Crich
- Vladek SheybalLoerke
- Catherine WillmerMrs. Crich
- Phoebe NichollsWinifred Crich
- Sharon GurneyLaura Crich
- Christopher GableTibby Lupton
- Michael GoughMr. Brangwen
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Themes
new lovebased on novel or bookplatonic lovemale friendshiploss of virginitysexual freedomtragic lovepost world war imining townalps mountainssexual awakeningwoman in bed