Messaggero d'amore (1971)
Inghilterra, estate del 1900. Leo, un bambino di tredici anni, trascorre le vacanze nella tenuta di campagna di un amico. Qui l'aristocratica Marian ha una storia d'amore con il fattore Ted e i due amanti si servono di lui per scambiarsi appuntamenti e lettere appassionate. Il conformismo e l'ipocrisia della società avranno però il sopravvento e anche la personalità di Leo ne verrà segnata irrimediabilmente.
Direttore:
Joseph Losey
Scrittore:
Harold Pinter
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Julie Christie as Lady Marian Trimingham |
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Alan Bates as Ted Burgess |
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Edward Fox as Hugh Trimingham |
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Michael Redgrave as The Older Leo Colston |
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Dominic Guard as The Young Leo Colston |
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Margaret Leighton as Mrs Maudsley |
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Michael Gough as Mr Maudsley |
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Richard Gibson as Marcus Maudsley |
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Simon Hume-Kendall as Denys |
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Roger Lloyd Pack as Charles |
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Amaryllis Garnett as Kate |
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Keith Buckley as Stubbs |
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John Rees as Blunt |
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Gordon Richardson as Rector |
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Jim Broadbent as Spectator at Cricket Match (uncredited) |
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Joshua Losey as Boy in Village (uncredited) |
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Arnold Schulkes as Servant (uncredited) |
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Carl Dane as Coachman (uncredited) |
| Production | John Heyman | Producer |
| Directing | Joseph Losey | Director |
| Writing | Harold Pinter | Screenplay |
| Writing | L.P. Hartley | Novel |
| Camera | Gerry Fisher | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Michel Legrand | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Reginald Beck | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | John Furniss | Costume Design |
| Art | Carmen Dillon | Art Direction |
| Production | Norman Priggen | Producer |
| Production | Robert Velaise | Executive Producer |
| Art | George Dean | Painter |
| Camera | Mike Rutter | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Denis Johnson | Producer |