Top billed cast

1. 

   Amanda Root

   Anne Elliott

2. 

   Ciarán Hinds

   Captain Frederick Wentworth

3. 

   Susan Fleetwood

   Lady Russell

4. 

   Corin Redgrave

   Sir Walter Elliot

5. 

   Fiona Shaw

   Mrs. Croft

6. 

   John Woodvine

   Admiral Croft

7. 

   Phoebe Nicholls

   Elizabeth Elliot

8. 

   Samuel West

   Mr. Elliot

9. 

   Sophie Thompson

   Mary Musgrove

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Reviews

A review by Peter McGinn

Written by Peter McGinn on 2020-08-23

I recently watched this production of Jane Austen’s Persuasion after not seeing it for many years. It is not the best version in my opinion, but it was well worth watching. Like most British productions of this sort, it depends upon a talented ensemble cast rather than a few superstars as top billing.

It has also been a long time since I have read Jane Austen’s that this movie is based upon, and after seeing how this and two other versions stray from each other’s, in small ways that is, I would be curious to know how often each one remains true to the original. But that is not necess...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,500,000.00

Revenue
$5,269,757.00

Keywords

• marriage proposal
• strong woman
• based on novel or book
• love triangle
• marriage
• unrequited love
• family in peril
• old flame
• admiral
• bankruptcy
• marriage broker
• lovers reunited
• lovers reunion
• betrothal
• rejected suitor