“'Unless you give all, you give nothing'”
Brand's a bleak and desolate play that challenges the notion of a stern and stoic faith in the will of God. The title character is a pastor who returns to his ancestral home to find the villagers on the verge of starvation. He believes ministering to these poor people to be his calling. Over the course of the play, however, he faces many difficult choices. The decisions he makes, based on his stark and idealistic view of morality, have dire consequences for all the people he touches and, ultimately, for his own embattled soul.
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Patrick McGoohan
Brand
Known for
Braveheart
Escape from Alcatraz
Dilys Hamlett
Agnes
Also in
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James Maxwell
Ejnar
Known for
The Evil of Frankenstein
Ransom
Patrick Wymark
Mayor
Known for
Where Eagles Dare
Repulsion
Peter Sallis
Doctor & Provost
Known for
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
The Wrong Trousers
Olive McFarland
Gerd
Also in
The Frightened City
On the Game
Enid Lorimer
Brand's Mother
Also in
Witness in the Dark
A Castle and Sixpence
Fulton Mackay
Villager
Known for
Porridge
Local Hero
Joby Blanshard
Guide
Also in
Doomwatch
Moon Zero Two
William McLaughlin
Guide's son
June Bailey
Woman from the Headland
Known for
Irina Palm
Anita Giorgi
Gypsy woman
No other roles listed
Michael Elliott Director · Henrik Ibsen Writer Gordon Roland Production designer
First release August 11, 1959 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production BBC Television (GB)
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BBC
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BBC Television (GB)
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United Kingdom
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English
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English
Release dates
United Kingdom · August 11, 1959
TV · BBC Television Service
No release date listed for United States.
United Kingdom
July 28, 2003 · Physical · VHS
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