Under the Greenwood Tree (TV)
2005 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom
In this lighthearted romance from Victorian novelist Thomas Hardy, young educated beauty Fancy Day comes to town to teach school and care for ailing father. She is pursued by three suitors. The lead contender is wealthy Mr. Shiner. Fancy however has also caught the attention of poor Dick Dewy and the Parson Maybold. Soon gossip around town turns to who Miss Day will marry. Poor Fancy is also caught in the middle of a feud between the Parson and the former church choir when the Parson introduces a harmonium to provide the church music effectively usurping the choir and asks Fancy to play.
Direction Nicholas Laughland
Cast Keeley Hawes · James Murray · Terry Mortimer · Richard Leaf · Tony Haygarth · Jane Wheldon · Sian Brooke · Ellie Thackeray · Liam DeGruchy · John Axon · Steve Pemberton · Ben Miles · Alethea Stevens · Tom Georgeson · Sean Arnold · Robert Wilkinson
Soundtrack John Lunn · Jim Williams
Screenplay Ashley Pharoah · Thomas Hardy
Cinematography James Aspinall
Original title Under the Greenwood Tree (TV)
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64 votes (FilmAffinity)
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