Sense and Sensibility (2008 TV miniseries)
- Hattie Morahan: Elinor Dashwood
- Charity Wakefield: Marianne Dashwood
- Dan Stevens: Edward Ferrars
- David Morrissey: Colonel Christopher Brandon
- Dominic Cooper: John Willoughby
- Janet McTeer: Mrs. Dashwood
- Lucy Boynton: Margaret Dashwood
- Mark Gatiss: John Dashwood
- Claire Skinner: Fanny Dashwood, born Ferrars
- Mark Williams: Sir John Middleton
- Linda Bassett: Mrs. Jennings
- Anna Madeley: Lucy Steele
The mini- series of the American director John Alexander from 2008 based on the English literary classic "Sense and Sensibility " ( " Sense and Sensibility " ) by Jane Austen; this has been filmed five times. The series is the third BBC production of the same novel.
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Mr. Dashwood lives with his second wife and their three daughters, Elinor, Marianne and Margaret on a stately mansion called Norland Park in Sussex. When he dies, he is compelled by applicable law of succession, leaving all his possessions to his son John from his first marriage and to leave to the care of his wife and daughters to the conscience of the Son. This, however, is a hard-hearted woman, Fanny, married, which prevents financial security of sisters- and she sells from Norland Park.
Previously they encounter there, however Edward Ferrars, the older brother of Fanny. This is in stark contrast to his sister, very accommodating and friendly. From him as the future heir to the family fortune a political career and in a manner befitting marriage is expected, however, he would prefer the simple country life before. He and Elinor develop great affection for each other, but are both reluctant to reveal their feelings.
Since they now have to restrict financially to pull the ladies Dashwood Devonshire in a cottage of a relative, Sir John Middleton. In the manorial estate Barton Park, the Dashwood are warmly welcomed; Sir John's mother, Mrs. Jennings, also lives there and is a warm-hearted, somewhat garrulous woman who holds immediately for suitable husbands for the three girls out. So they arranged a dinner with the neighbor and longtime family friend, Colonel Brandon, a thirty-five landowners. The colonel falls in love at first sight in the seventeen -year-old Marianne, this is of very gefühlsbetontem, passionate nature and therefore can not do much with the twice as old and restrained Colonel. When she meets John Willoughby, a young gentleman of society, it has happened to her: she falls in love and believe to have found in him their soul mate. The link is welcomed by her family, Sir Middleton and Mrs. Jennings, all assume that the two were already secretly engaged and wait for his official request. On the day on which he had announced at Marianne's mother for this important conversation, Willoughby appears and says goodbye with skinny, short words to London, where he had his aunt, whose legacy he hopes once to enter and which can support him financially ordered, .
When Mrs. Jennings moved with her daughter, Elinor and Marianne for the winter months in their London residence, Marianne waits in vain for Willoughby's visit. At a ball at last, the two meet, Willoughby is repellent and cold towards her. She can not explain his behavior. However, she finds out the next day from the town gossip that he had become engaged to a rich heiress. In London, the girls meet the two sisters Steele. Lucy Steele familiar Elinor her big secret to: She is secretly engaged for four years with Edward Ferrars! Elinor is in contrast to her impulsive sister a very restrained, "reasonable" young woman who does not wear their emotions outwardly. Nevertheless, it is very hard for them to endure the mindless chatter of Lucy Steele, the vorschwärmt her by Edward, Elinor but secretly loves. At a dinner in Mrs. Ferrars house to which the Dashwoods are invited relatives and also the Steele sisters, they learn of Mrs. Ferrars plans to marry Edward with a rich and oh-so- talented heiress. When Lucy's sister and blabs the secret of engagement with Lucy Edwards his mother comes to ears, this provides him the choice to hit either the connection or unwanted but his legacy and his family from the head. The chivalrous Edward does not want to break his promise to Lucy and he is cast out of the family, his younger brother, Robert, is now heir to the family fortune. Colonel Brandon offers Edward a pastorate at his estate in Delaware Ford, to enable him to earn a living.
Elinor and Marianne traveling in the company of Colonel Brandon back to the countryside, where they spend some time on the premises Cleveland. The colonel has Elinor now confided that his ward ( the daughter of his first love, he was not allowed to marry ) had been left seduced by Willoughby and sit together with the newborn child. Marianne wanders in their grief to Willoughby during a thunderstorm through the park, is discovered and developed by Colonel - favored by lack of courage to face life - a life-threatening pneumonia; their survival hangs in the balance, but it becomes healthy. The disease seems to have overcome the pain of love to Willoughby and with time she recovered from both. Become more mature, they now recognize the benefits of Colonel Brandon, who does not impose her other hand, they adored her and eventually makes a request, it adopts happy.
In the cottage the Dashwood women hear about the marriage of Lucy Steele with Mr. Ferrars. When Edward visited in the spring and Elinor Dashwood's the after the health of "Mrs. Ferrars " inquired he goes on, that they not even knows about that after the inheritance had passed to his brother Robert, Lucy also transfer their affection to them and him, Edward, was released. So you should now Mrs. Robert Ferrars. Elinor falls to Struggling out of the room, he can now confess his love to her and she agrees to become his wife. They live in a modest cottage in the country.
Broadcast
In the UK, the three-part film first aired on public broadcaster BBC One on 1 January 2008 and on the following two Sundays. In the United States, the transmitter sent the PBS adaptation as part of the Masterpiece series on 30 March and 6 April 2008.
In Germany the TV premiere of the German version took place on 1 January 2009 at the WDR - TV, the three parts were shown consecutively. The French Air Date was on the bilingual culture channel arte on 6 March 2009, there were parallel German viewers received the German version. The DVD box set was released on 4 December 2008 at the trade.
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