Persuasion (2007 film)
- Sally Hawkins: Anne Elliot
- Rupert Penry -Jones: Captain Wentworth
- Alice Krige: Lady Russell
- Anthony Head: Sir Walter Elliot
- Julia Davis: Elizabeth Elliot
- Peter Wight: Admiral Croft
- Marion Bailey: Mrs. Croft
- Tobias Menzies: William Elliot
- Michael Fenton Stevens: Mr. Shepherd
- Mary Stockley: Mrs. Clay
- Amanda Hale: Mary Musgrove
- Sam Hazeldine: Charles Musgrove
- Jennifer Higham: Louisa Musgrove
- Rosamund Stephen: Henrietta Musgrove
- Stella Gonet: Mrs. Musgrove
- Nicholas Farrell: Mr. Musgove
- Louis Shergold: Charles Musgrove, junior
- Joseph Mawle: Captain Harville
- Finlay Robertson: James Benwick
- Maisie Dimbleby: Mrs. Smith
- Sarah Buckland: Nurse Rooke
- Tilly Tremayne: Viscountess Dalrymple
Persuasion is a television film, based on the eponymous novel by Jane Austen from 1818.
It was directed by Adrian Shergold. The main roles Sally Hawkins and Rupert Penry -Jones are seen.
The film was produced by Clerkenwell Films in 2007 and WGBH, a PBS station, and broadcast in the same year by the British television Independent Television (ITV ). He was shown on PBS in 2008 as part of a Jane Austen series in the Masterpiece Theatre broadcast in the United States.
Action
The 19 -year-old and coming from a good family, Anne Elliot is engaged to the penniless officer Frederick Wentworth. It dissolves the advice of Lady Russell, a good friend of the family, engagement, as well as view her father Sir Walter Elliot does not consider the social and financial situation of Wentworth as appropriate.
Eight years later, Anne is now 27 years old, still unmarried and lives with her father, Sir Walter Elliot, and her older sister Elizabeth also unmarried on the family property Kellynch Hall in Somersetshire. Anne must watch as her sister Elizabeth and her father Sir John, the family estate to drive by their extravagances over the years almost bankrupt. By the thoughtless behavior of Sir Walter and his daughter Elizabeth, the Elliots are forced as a result of their financial situation, the family home for rent.
This property is leased from Frederick Wentworth's sister Mrs. Croft and her husband, Admiral Croft. Sir Walter and Anne's sister Elizabeth leave before the arrival of the new tenant, the property towards Bath and Anne left all other matters. Even their hypochondriac younger sister Mary Musgrove Anne must take care of, who lives with her husband and two children in a neighboring village in Somersetshire.
When visiting his sister in Kellynch Hall Anne Elliot and Wentworth meet again. This is now made captain and became wealthy through his successes in the Royal Navy. It turns out that Anne Frederick has not forgotten and Frederick is still deeply hurt by Anne's former rejection. When they meet again, all hope of forgiveness Fredericks seems hopeless. Especially when trying to marry Captain Wentworth desire, and expresses an eye on the lively Musgrove - daughters, and in particular Louisa, tossed, all hope is awarded for Anne. During a visit to his Royal Navy friends in Lyme Captain Wentworth is accompanied by the Musgroves and Anne. An accident in which Louisa is violated, some changes and Captain Wentworth - almost too late - his feelings clear. But Louisa engaged suddenly and unexpectedly with his friend Benwick.
In the meantime, there was a rapprochement between Sir Walter and William Elliot, a relative of the family, which will inherit after his death due to the lack of a son, Sir Walter's title and house Kellynch Hall. After Anne moved to Bath to her father, it is clear that William Elliot expressly interested in his cousin Anne. In particular, Lady Russell is very pleased with the marriage between Anne and Mr. Elliot. Captain Wentworth also travels to Bath, to once again see Anne and to be clear about their feelings. His sister and Admiral Croft are also in Bath. But as Captain Wentworth arrives in Bath, he is confronted with the rumor of an impending marriage between Anne and Mr. Elliot.
After a few Gefühlswirrungen However it turns out that both Anne and Frederick still have feelings for each other, and it comes in the end to a rapprochement and marriage. And even the beloved Kellynch Hall after his marriage to Captain Wentworth again home for Anne, as this presents you this as a wedding gift.
Reviews
" [ ... ] The director Adrian Shergold tells the story so quickly that for newbies the Austen story is probably quite difficult to see how they relate the characters to each other. But this is even the slightest problem with his film adaptation, much worse is the loss of nuances, character development and emotional complexity. [ ... ] "
Awards
Sally Hawkins was honored in 2007 for her interpretation of Anne Elliot, the Golden Nymph of the Television Festival of Monte Carlo. A year later she won the Best Actor Award of the Royal Television Society. A year earlier, Kevin Horsewood had received the British award for his visual effects.