Winter Solstice
5.8
When Elfrida Philips abandons London for a country village, she settles in quickly. She is very poor, but has a tiny cottage, her four-legged friend Horace, and friendships of good neighbors. Tragedy upsets her newfound tranquillity, and she takes refuge in a rambling house with a new gentleman friend in Corrydale. But the group proves to be greater than the sum of its ill-fitting parts, and as the solstice passes, and as Christmas approaches, the healing power of love, begins to work its magic. (Filmed at Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland)
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Cast
16 people
Sinéad Cusack
Elfrida Phibbs
Known for
V for Vendetta
Eastern Promises
Jan Niklas
Oscar Blundell
Known for
The House of the Spirits
Colonel Redl
Geraldine Chaplin
Gloria Blundell
Known for
The Odyssey
Chaplin
Jason Durr
Sam Howard
Known for
Casualty
Sophie Schütt
Carrie Marchmont
Also in
Himmel über Australien
Girl Friday
Ralf Bauer
Andreas Mendel
Also in
Sylvia – Eine Klasse für sich
Jew Suss: Rise and Fall
Peter Ustinov
Hughie McLellan
Known for
Jesus of Nazareth
Death on the Nile
Jean Simmons
Countess Lucinda Rhives
Known for
Spartacus
North and South
Emma Streets
Francesca 'Fran' Blundell
Also in
Murphy's Law
Anna Maguire
Lucy Marchmont
Known for
Dinotopia
Violation
Marsha Fitzalan
Didi Marchmont
Known for
The New Statesman
The Importance of Being Earnest
John Bird
Barry
Known for
To Play the King
Jabberwocky
Martyn Friend Director · William Corlett Screenplay Rosamunde Pilcher Author
Worldwide gross $338K · First release December 25, 2003 · Produced in United Kingdom, Germany
Box office
Worldwide gross
$337,617
Production
United Kingdom · Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Germany · December 25, 2003
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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