The house of Bernarda Alba [videorecording] / by Federico Garciá Lorca ; translated by Robert David MacDonald ; produced by Stephen Phillips ; directed by Nuria Espert and Stuart Burge ; a Holmes production for Channel 4 in association with Thirteen/WNET and Amaya Distribution.

Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 2003.

English

Translated and adapted from Federico Garciá Lorca's play La casa de Bernarda Alba.

1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

PQ6613.A763 C33 2003

791.45

FFH5394 Films for the Humanities & Sciences

Set in rural Spain at the turn of this century, the scene is a cloistered household managed by a newly widowed mother of five daughters. Under the shadow of the church and the tyranny bred from a need to protect the reputation of the family, the matron (Bernarda Alba) represses her daughters by enforcing an eight year mourning period. The tensions build rapidly among the imprisoned women, with a demented grandmother playing a role resembling that of a Greek chorus. Eventually, the natural spirits of the daughters circumvent Bernarda, but with tragic results.

Video release of the 1991 television production.

Director of photography, Simon Kossoff ; editor, David Gasson ; art director, Mark Raggett ; music, Carlos Miranda.

Glenda Jackson, Joan Plowright, Deborah Findlay, Gillian Hanna, Emma Lewis, Emer McCourt, Suzanna Hamilton, Patricia Hayes, Julie Legrand, Mary Maddox, Pauline Melville, Amanda Root.

Glenda Jackson, Joan Plowright, Deborah Findlay, Gillian Hanna, Emma Lewis, Emer McCourt, Suzanna Hamilton, Patricia Hayes, Julie Legrand, Mary Maddox, Pauline Melville, Amanda Root.

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