The controversial English artist Stanley Spencer scandalised the art world when he painted the Resurrection taking place in the churchyard of Cookham, his home village by the River Thames; and further scandalised the village when he decided that to nourish his imagination he needed two wives.
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Anton Lesser
Stanley Spencer
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Hilda Carline
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Patricia Preece
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Anna Benson Gyles Director · Elaine Morgan Writer
First release January 31, 1988
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Original language
English
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English
Release dates
United Kingdom · January 31, 1988
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No release date listed for United States.
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