Anne Elliot was once in love with Frederick Wentworth, a commander in the Royal Navy who was rejected by her snobby parents eight years ago. When the family hits hard times and are forced to rent out their mansion to his brother-in-law, Frederick returns as a captain - but will he remember Anne?
Sally Hawkins
Anne Elliot
Rupert Penry-Jones
Captain Wentworth
Alice Krige
Lady Russell
Tobias Menzies
William Elliot
Anthony Stewart Head
Sir Walter Elliot
Julia Davis
Elizabeth Elliot
Michael Fenton Stevens
Mr. Shepherd
Mary Stockley
Mrs. Clay
Peter Wight
Admiral Croft
Marion Bailey
Mrs. Croft
Director
Adrian Shergold
Screenplay
Simon Burke
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Production
Clerkenwell Films, GBH
Peter McGinn
April 5, 2020
You may well ask, why should you watch this particular version of Jane Austen's Persuasion? well, settle in and let me tell you. I think I own almost every filmed version of every Austen novel. I find different strengths and weaknesses in all of them, but I would not trash any of them the way people do some versions because they don't stay true enough to the books. I write novels myself in my ...
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