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05/04/1946 Drama 1h 47m
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It tells ALL about those Brontë sisters!...They didn't dare call it love- they tried to call it Devotion

Overview

In Victorian England, literary siblings Emily and Charlotte Brontë vie for the affection of the Rev. Arthur Nicholls. Along with their sister Anne, Emily and Charlotte also try to help their tormented brother Branwell, a gifted artist whose life is being destroyed by alcohol.

  1. Curtis Bernhardt

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Ida Lupino

    Emily Brontë

  2. Paul Henreid

    Rev. Arthur Nicholls

  3. Olivia de Havilland

    Charlotte Brontë

  4. Sydney Greenstreet

    William Makepeace Thackeray

  5. Nancy Coleman

    Anne Brontë

  6. Arthur Kennedy

    Branwell Brontë

  7. May Whitty

    Lady Thornton

  8. Victor Francen

    Constantin Heger

  9. Montagu Love

    Rev. Brontë

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-07-07
Based (very) loosely on real events, this is quite an entertaining tale of two strong willed Brontë women - Charlotte (Olivia de Havilland) and Emily (Ida Lupino) and of their enthusiasm for local curate "Nicholls" (the rather decent but insipid Paul Henreid) and for getting their wonderfully imaginative stories published. In that aspiration, they are joined by their sister Anne (Nancy Coleman) and all of this takes place as they must try and save their artist brother Bramwell (Arthur Kennedy) from a future at the bottom of a bottle. The cast and the writing deliver an engaging and authentic ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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