Sylvia (2003 film)

• Gwyneth Paltrow: Sylvia Plath
• Daniel Craig: Ted Hughes
• Jared Harris: Al Alvarez
• Blythe Danner: Aurelia Plath
• Michael Gambon: Professor Thomas
• Andrew Havill: David Wevill
• Lucy Davenport: Doreen
• David Birkin: Morecambe
• Alison Bruce: Elizabeth
• Julian Firth: James Michie
• Jeremy Fowlds: Mr. Robinson
• Michael Mears: Charles Langridge
• Anthony Strachan: Michael Boddy
• Katherine Tozer: Myra Norris

Sylvia is a British feature film directed by the New Zealander Christine Jeffs. Financed by the BBC film tells the story of the relationship between the authors Sylvia Plath ( Gwyneth Paltrow ) and Ted Hughes ( Daniel Craig ).

The film ends with the suicide of the only 30 -year-old author. Sylvia Plath's daughter Frieda should have prevented original quotes her mother could be used in the film.

As for the role Ted Hughes ' ​​was originally Colin Firth provided.

Criticism

• Filmdienst 1/2005: The solid biographical film traces especially their struggle for recognition as an artist and woman in the conservative climate of the 1950s. It succeeds the leading lady urgently to represent passionate love and the despair of the poet, and yet Sylvia Plath whole appear in a simplistic light.