CHRISTABEL {PART 2 OF 4} (TV)
Summary
Continued from T:23584. Part two of this four-part drama adapted by writer Dennis Potter, based on "The Past is Myself" by Christabel Bielenberg. A straightforward adaptation of Bielenberg's memoirs, this program offers an impressionistic view of life in Germany during the rise of Hitler. Christabel, a privileged English lady who goes to live with her new husband, a German lawyer, in 1934, finds that she is ill-prepared for the alarming political situation and the privations of war. Two qualities attracted Potter to the story: "One, it's a celebration of married love, and two, it's the perfect answer to collective guilt. They were confronted by this raving maniac and yet managed to emerge without doing anything degrading." Continues with B:23586.
Details
- NETWORK: BBC (United Kingdom)
- DATE: November 30, 1987
- RUNNING TIME: 0:53:51
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:23585
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama; International Collection - United Kingdom
- SERIES RUN: BBC (United Kingdom) - TV, 1988
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Dennis Potter … Executive Producer, Adapted by
- Kenith Trodd … Producer
- Adrian Shergold … Director
- Christabel Bielenberg … Writer, Based on "The Past is Myself" by
- Stanley Myers … Music by
- Elizabeth Hurley … Cast, Christabel
- Stephen Dillon … Cast, Peter
- Geoffrey Palmer … Cast, Mr. Burton
- Ann Bell … Cast, Mrs. Burton
- Le Vaillant, Nigel … Cast, Adam
- Renny Lister … Cast, Aunt Ulla
- John Burgess … Cast, Neisse
- Nicola Wright … Cast, Clarita
- Sam Preston … Cast, Nicky
- Le Neveu, Ryan … Cast, John
- David Lyon … Cast, Kreuze
- Suzan Crowley … Cast, Lexi
- Max Harris … Cast, the Pianist
- Sam Kelly … Cast, Langbehn
- Sue Withers … Cast, the German Teacher
- Jessica Turner … Cast, Ilse
- Oliver Taylor-Medhurst … Cast, Ilse's son
- Annie Hayes … Cast, the First Lady
- Tricia Kelly … Cast, the Second Lady
- Maureen Bennett … Cast, the Third Lady
- Adrian Rawlins … Cast, Albrecht
- Hugh Simon … Cast, Botho
- Wayne Norman … Cast, the Prisoner of War
- Greg Crutwell … Cast, the Young Soldier in Park
- Paul Kiernan … Cast, the First member of England Commitee
- Louis Mellis … Cast, the Second member
- Roy Heather … Cast, the Older member
- Toby Lawson … Cast, Older Nicky
- Andrey Justice … Cast, Older John
- Wilfred Grove … Cast, the Clerk
- Richard Cubison … Cast, the S.S. Officer
- Barbara Martin … Cast, Freda
- Frank Baker … Cast, Jacob