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Daphne

Daphne

Starring: Geraldine Somerville , Elizabeth McGovern , Janet McTeer

Directed by: Clare Beavan

Produced by: Clare Beavan

Written by: Margaret Forster , Amy Jenkins

Geraldine Somerville and Academy Award® nominees Elizabeth McGovern  and Janet McTeer star in this BBC biopic which explores the secret love life of Daphne du Maurier, author of Rebecca and one of the best-loved writers of all time.

Item Number: 14669

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Format:
DVD Widescreen
Region:
1 - More Details
Run time:
About 88 Minutes
Number of Discs:
1
Closed Captions:
Y
Special Features:

Daphne du Maurier's Vanishing Cornwall - Daphne du Maurier's vivid & highly individual film, directed by her son, illustrates & illuminates the various attractions of Cornwall. It gives a vision of Cornwall as it was before commercialism.

In letters released after her death, beloved British novelist Dame Daphne du Maurier (Rebecca, Jamaica Inn, Frenchman's Creek) revealed that throughout her life as a loving wife and mother, she felt like "a boy in a box." Her very personal letters come alive in this BBC biopic about the author's secret love life, starring Geraldine Somerville (Harry Potter films). Discover how du Maurier's bisexuality informed her writing, and how her play about forbidden desire - Stella - led to a love affair with actress Gertrude Lawrence. Includes the 40-minute extra, Vanishing Cornwall, based on du Maurier's book and directed by her son.

Ellen Doubleday --- Elizabeth McGovern
Gertrude Lawrence --- Janet McTeer
Daphne Du Maurier --- Geraldine Somerville
Nelson Doubleday --- Christopher Malcolm
Air Hostess --- Tessa Hall
New York Prosecutor --- Nicholas Murchie
Evan Davies --- Jay Taylor


Written by Margaret Forster, Amy Jenkins
Directed by Clare Beavan
Produced by Clare Beavan
Executive Produced by Kim Thomas
Cinematography by Christopher Titus King

Du Maurier based Rebecca's haunted mansion - Manderlay - on her own Cornwall home, hidden in the woods and invisible from the shore.