All Passion Spent (1986)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 2H 38M

Director : Martyn Friend

Synopsis

his three-part miniseries begins with elderly Lady Slane (Wendy Hiller) sitting watchfully by the deathbed of her husband. Tended by her equally aged French maid Genoux (Eileen Way), who has served her faithfully for a lifetime, Lady Slane deals with a succession of advice from her large flock of middle-aged children. The family is chagrined by, but honors, her choice to live a modest country retirement at some distance, in Hampstead Heath. Lady Slane competently comes to terms to lease and restore a crumbling house, aided by an aging land agent Gervase Bucktrout (Maurice Denham). Once settled, an acquaintance from 50 years past, Mr. Fitzgeorge (Harry Andrews), visits the cottage to rekindle memories of their brief, deep, but unfulfilled brush as soul-mates in colonial India when Lady Slane was a devoted young wife and mother. Great-granddaughter Deborah (Jane Snowden), who has been trapped by a socially desirable but passionless engagement, regularly visits to confide and seek wisdom.

Actors

Wendy Hiller
Wendy Hiller
Lady Slane
Harry Andrews
Harry Andrews
Mr. Fitzgeorge
Maurice Denham
Maurice Denham
Gervase Bucktrout
Phyllis Calvert
Phyllis Calvert
Carrie
Graham Crowden
Graham Crowden
Herbert
John Franklyn-Robbins
John Franklyn-Robbins
Kay
Geoffrey Bayldon
Geoffrey Bayldon
William
Faith Brook
Faith Brook
Lavinia
Patrick Barlow
Patrick Barlow
Foljam - Assistant curator
Hilary Mason
Hilary Mason
Edith
Jane Snowden
Jane Snowden
Eileen Way
Eileen Way
Antonia Pemberton
Antonia Pemberton
David Waller
David Waller
Alan Thompson
Alan Thompson
John Saunders
John Saunders
Katherine Stark
Katherine Stark
Andrew Burt
Andrew Burt
Sam Davies
Sam Davies
John Bott
John Bott
David Rolfe
David Rolfe
Wilfred Grove
Wilfred Grove
Bill McCabe
Bill McCabe

Crews

Peter Buckman
Peter Buckman
Writer
Vita Sackville-West
Vita Sackville-West
Writer
Martyn Friend
Martyn Friend
Director
Colin Rogers
Colin Rogers
Producer
Nigel Hess
Nigel Hess
Music

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