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The Virgin and the Gypsy (1970)
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Alan Plater (screenplay)
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June 1970 (UK) more
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Film adaptation from the novel by D.H. Lawrence, discovered after the celebrated author's death in 1930... more | full synopsis
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Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 nominations more
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A quiet, classic, literary adaptation more (5 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Joanna Shimkus | ... | Yvette |
| Franco Nero | ... | The Gypsy |
| Honor Blackman | ... | Mrs. Fawcett |
| Mark Burns | ... | Major Eastwood |
| Fay Compton | ... | Grandma |
| Maurice Denham | ... | The Rector |
| Kay Walsh | ... | Aunt Cissie |
| Imogen Hassall | ... | The Gypsy's Wife |
| Harriet Harper | ... | Lucille |
| Norman Bird | ... | Uncle Fred |
| Jeremy Bulloch | ... | Leo |
| Ray Holder | ... | Bob |
| Margo Andrew | ... | Ella |
| Jan Chappell | ... | Mary (as Janet Chappell) |
| Helen Booth | ... | Cook |
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D.H. Lawrence's The Virgin and the Gypsy (UK) (complete title)
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95 min
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Fay Compton was cast as Grandma at short notice after the original choice became unwell. more
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Keep Your Hand On Your Halfpenny more
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The Virgin and the Gypsy was a novella by D. H. Lawrence that contrasted the suffocating closeness and inhibited atmosphere of an English cleric and his extended family with the awakening sexuality of his eldest daughter and the free spirited influence of a gypsy whom she meets.
The excellent screenplay by Alan Plater who also did the screenplay for "The Priest of Love", a biography of D. H. Lawrence, complements the direction by Christopher Miles. Their efforts helped create a film that matches if it does not surpass, the prose of D. H. Lawrence. A few scenes still stand out; the hysteria of Aunt Cissie who screams insults through the door at Yvette., the comedy of the church social evening when Uncle Fred sings a bawdy, music-hall song and the scene in which the Gypsy confronts and stares down several English youths.
I saw Franco Nero earlier in the film "Camelot." He plays the Gypsy in this film with quiet, machismo, atitude. Joanna Shimkus also played with quiet, understated style that plays well with that of Nero.
I saw this film during its initial release in 1970. I hope television networks may eventually air this film again or that it finds its way into a video or DVD.