Marcelle de Barthas is young French widow, who since her husband’s death some seven years previously, has lived a secluded life in her country house, with her four children. The eldest one, Emmy, is a beautiful and pure young girl of seventeen, who tentatively believes she has a calling to the religious life. The second child, Bertrand, aged fifteen, has been sent to England for an exchange holiday with a young English boy, Harry Fanning, and when the play opens, the French children are excitedly awaiting his arrival. Also living with the family is a French governess, and a tutor, Blaise Lebel. Lebel has a sombre power over the family, and it is the ‘intrusion’ of Harry that sets in motion in him a wave of resentment and fear.
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Marius Goring
Blaise Lebel
Known for
The Red Shoes
A Matter of Life and Death
Helen Cherry
Marcelle de Barthas
Known for
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Last Holiday
Pamela Buck
Emmanuele
Known for
Village of the Damned
Maureen Pryor
Mademoiselle
Known for
The Music Lovers
The Black Windmill
John Bown
Harry Fanning
Known for
Dr. Who and the Daleks
Fear in the Night
Ian Fleming
The Curé
Also in
Silver Blaze
The Prisoner
Frederick Victor
Jacques
Also in
Rebecca
The Warden
Ronnie Raymond
Jean
Known for
Murder She Said
Waveney Lee
Anne
Also in
The Flood
A Breath of Scandal
Max Latimer
Chauffeur
Also in
The Strauss Family
Lovejoy
Basil Bartlett Writer · François Mauriac Writer Richard Wilmot Production designer
First release June 9, 1959
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BBC
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English
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English
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United Kingdom · June 9, 1959
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