The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Movie Review 1996

Anne Bronte gets her turn in the spotlight with this TV adaptation of her 1848 novel. When the mysterious Helen Graham (Fitzgerald) and her young son become the new tenants of decaying Wildfell Hall, they naturally elicit lots of gossip in their rural community. Then young farmer Gilbert Markham (Stephens) becomes romantically interested in Helen and she's eventually forced to reveal her secret--she's run away from her alcoholic and abusive husband Arthur Huntingdon (Graves), who has now kidnapped their son to force Helen to return.

Distribution

CBS/Fox Video, 1330 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019, Phone: (212)373-4800, Toll-free: 800-800-4369, Fax: (212)373-4803, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 180 minutes.
Originally from British, Canadian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Drama, Romantic Triangles, On the Rocks, Domestic Abuse, Period Piece: 19th Century, Art & Artists, Marriage, Family Ties, Flashback, Books to Film: The Brontes

Screenplay

Janet Barron, David Nokes

Cast

Tara Fitzgerald, Toby Stephens, Rupert Graves, Beatie Edney, James Purefoy, Jonathan Cake, Kenneth Cranham, Janet Dale

Cinematography

Daf Hobson

Director

Mike Barker

Music

Richard G. Mitchell

Producer

BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), WGBH Boston