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The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1957 · 105 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Sidney Franklin
- Starring
- John Gielgud, Virginia McKenna, Jennifer Jones, Lesley Scoble, Keith Baxter, Maxine Audley
Director Sidney Franklin revisits his own 1934 picture with a 1957 remake that dramatizes the famed romance of Victorian poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning. The film traces their growing affection, secret correspondence and the obstacles of family and society as they pursue love.
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