The Judi Dench collection

The Resource The Judi Dench collection
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The Judi Dench collection
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BBC Worldwide Ltd. ; British Broadcasting Corporation ; 2 Entertain Video Limited
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Language
eng
Summary
  • The cherry orchard: Madame Ranevskaya returns to her decaying estate in pre-Revolutionary Russia after an exile in Paris. The estate and its beloved cherry orchard are threatened by Ranevskaya's financial problems, and no one seems able to do anything about it
  • Talking to a stranger: A grown-up brother and sister go home to visit their elderly parents, but a series of emotional developments lead to shocking resolutions. Consists of four episodes, telling the same events from each major character's point of view
  • Keep an eye on Amélie: A coquette agrees to marry a confirmed bachelor so he can inherit a million francs
  • Make and break: A successful manufacturer, driven by the compulsion to use and consume everything around him, is forced to turn his eyes upon himself during one climactic night at a trade fair in Germany
  • Absolute hell: Dench stars as Christine, the proprietor of a bohemian nightclub in post-World War II London
  • Ghosts: Dench stars as Mrs. Alving, whose respected late husband led a dark, secret life
  • Can you hear me thinking?: Parents lives are shattered when their teenage son develops schizophrenia
  • Going gently: Dench stars as a hospice nurse to two adversarial patients
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TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated
Language note
Closed-captioned
PerformerNote
  • The cherry orchard (1962): Judi Dench, John Gielgud, Peggy Ashcroft, Ian Holm
  • Talking to a stranger (1966): Judi Dench, Margery Mason, Michael Bryant
  • Keep an eye on Amélie (1973): Judi Dench, Patrick Cargill
  • Make and break (1987): Judi Dench, Robert Hardy, Martin Jarvis
  • Absolute hell (1991): Judi Dench, Susan Porrett, Bill Nighy
  • The cherry orchard (1981): Judi Dench, Bill Paterson, Timothy Spall
  • Ghosts (1987): Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Michael Gambon, Natasha Richardson
  • Can you hear me thinking? (1990): Judi Dench, Michael Williams, Richard Henders
  • Going gently (1981): Judi Dench, Fulton Mackay, Norman Wisdom
Runtime
0
Target audience
general
Technique
live action

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