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Star-studded feature-length period drama set in the early 1800s, based on the Jane Austen novel. A young girl from a loving but impoverished family is sent to live with her wealthy aunts. Though treated as a social inferior by most of the family, she develops skills as a horsewoman and a writer. Growing up to be a beautiful woman she has many admirers, but when her kindly cousin is courted by a gold-digger, she realises she loves him.

Keywords:

Comedy, Drama, Period Drama, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, Classics

Additional Information:

(1998) (UK) (3 Star)

Cast:

Hannah Taylor-Gordon	.... Young Fanny
Talya Gordon	.... Young Susan
Lindsay Duncan	.... Mrs. Price
Bruce Byron	.... Carriage Driver
James Purefoy	.... Tom Bertram
Sheila Gish	.... Mrs. Norris

Supporting Cast:

Harold Pinter	.... Sir Thomas Bertram
Elizabeth Eaton	.... Young Maria
Elizabeth Earl	.... Young Julia
Philip Sarson	.... Young Edmond
Amelia Warner	.... Teenage Fanny
Frances O'Connor	.... Fanny Price
Jonny Lee Miller	.... Edmund Bertram
Victoria Hamilton	.... Maria Bertram
Hugh Bonneville	.... Mr. Rushworth

Directors:

Patricia Rozema

Writers:

Jane Austen
Patricia Rozema

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