The Winter's Tale
The Winter's Tale
Release: 1981-02-08
·Runtime: 173m
·★ 9.3
Romance
Drama
TV Movie
The jealous King Leontes falsely accuse his wife Hermione of infidelity with his best friend, and she dies. Leontes exiles his newborn daughter Perdita, who is raised by shepherds for sixteen years and falls in love with the son of Leontes' friend. When Perdita returns home, a statue of Hermione "comes to life", and everyone is reconciled.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Time-Life Television Productions
BBC
Cast
Jeremy Kemp
as Leontes
Robert Stephens
as Polixenes
Anna Calder-Marshall
as Hermione
Margaret Tyzack
as Paulina
David Burke
as Camillo
John Welsh
as Archidamus
Cyril Luckham
as Antigonus
Rikki Fulton
as Autolycus
John Benfield
as Gaoler
John Bailey
as Lord to Leontes
John Curless
as Cleomenes
Colin McCormack
as Dion
Arthur Hewlett
as Shepherd
Paul Jesson
as Clown
Harold Goldblatt
as Time
Robin Kermode
as Florizel
Debbie Farrington
as Perdita
Peter Benson
as Clown's Servant
Pat Gorman
as Bear
Penny Ryder
as Peasant
