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39 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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The Death of the Heart
1987 1h 49m EN
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8.5
MASTERPIECE
★8.5TMDB · 2
Drama
Synopsis
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A young orphan girl, Portia, goes to live with her well-to-do aunt and uncle. As she is groomed to become a lady, she is confused by the young man who seems to be courting her. Surrounded by pretentious people who have no clue how to deal with teenagers, she soon loses her naïveté and thinks of running away.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Where to watch · US
Cast
Phyllis Calvert
Mrs. Heccomb
JoJo Cole
Portia Quayne
Daniel Chatto
Eddie
Alice Douglas
Clara
Paul Mark Elliott
Cecil
Samantha Gates
Lillian
Meryl Hampton
Phyllis
Robert Hardy
Major Brutt
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Peter Hammond
- Writers
- Derek Mahon, Elizabeth Bowen
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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The take
Peter Hammond directs. David Rees cuts. Produced in United Kingdom.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 139 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Editor David Rees shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 4Phyllis Calvert and JoJo Cole and Daniel Chatto carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0089005 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Editing
- David Rees
- Runtime
- 109 min · 1h 49m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Peter Hammond
Key crew
- SoundGeoffrey Burgon
- EditorDavid Rees
- ProducerJune Wyndham-Davies
- CinematographyRay Goode
Release history · US
When it landed
- TV1987-05-03
