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Release Date:
1997 (UK) more
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Drama series about the Dunar and Carey-Lewis families, before during and after WW2. full summary | add synopsis
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Poorly done more (9 total)

Cast

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Peter O'Toole ... Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis

Joanna Lumley ... Diana Carey-Lewis
Penelope Keith ... Aunt Louise
Anneliese Uhlig ... Aunt Lavinia
David McCallum ... Billy Fawcett

Emily Mortimer ... Judith Dunbar
Gruschenka Stevens ... Athena Carey-Lewis

Paul Bettany ... Edward Carey-Lewis
Katie Ryder Richardson ... Loveday Carey-Lewis
George Asprey ... Dr. Jeremy Wells
Heikko Deutschmann ... Gus
Patrick Ryecart ... Tommy Mortimer
Carol Drinkwater ... Biddy
Susan Hampshire ... Miss Catto
Quentin Jones ... Walter
Malcolm Stoddard ... Somerville
Charles Edwards ... Rupert
David Macmillan ... Dobson (as David MacMillan)
Brooke Kinsella ... Jess

Keira Knightley ... Young Judith
Poppy Gaye ... Young Loveday
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sophie Arnold ... Deirdre Ledingham
Amanda Bairstow ... Secretary
Helen Bourne ... Molly

Alice Connor ... Young Jess
Michael Day ... Bruce Dunbar
Oliver Golding ... Nat
Gordon Griffin ... Aunt Lavina's Vicar
Virginia Hatton ... Wren 1
Andrew Henderson ... Naval Officer
Julian Kay ... Naval rating Grant
Elizabeth Kendall ... Red Cross Official
Theresa Lawrence ... Wren 2
Jane Magowan ... Receptionist
Madeleine Moffat ... Red Cross Worker
Roger Parrott ... Aunt Louise's Vicar (as Roger Parrot)
Catherine Sanderson ... Games Captain
Clare Welch ... Hilda
Anne White ... Senior Wrens Officer
Kathleen Worth ... Shop Assistant
Laura Sadler ... (uncredited)
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Directed by
Giles Foster 
 
Writing credits
Rosamunde Pilcher (novel)

John Goldsmith (writer)

Produced by
Tim Buxton .... executive producer
David Cunliffe .... executive producer
Victor Glynn .... contributing producer
Thomas Mattinson .... line producer
Rikolt von Gagern .... producer
 
Original Music by
Carl Davis 
 
Cinematography by
Simon Archer 
 
Film Editing by
Colin Green 
 
Production Design by
Laurence Dorman 
 
Set Decoration by
Shirley Lixenberg 
 
Costume Design by
Maria Price 
 
Makeup Department
Cherry West .... makeup artist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mervyn Gill-Dougherty .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Jane Henwood .... production buyer
Danny Hunter .... property master
Brian Neighbour .... construction manager
 
Sound Department
Tony Dawe .... sound mixer
Jennie Evans .... sound editor
Chris Gurney .... boom operator
Danny Longhurst .... sound editor
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Andy Cole .... best boy
Roger Lowe .... gaffer
Simon Minett .... assistant camera
Nick Ray .... grip
Nic Sadler .... director of photography: second unit
 
Other crew
Joanna Bates .... trainee accounts assistant
Arun Bharali .... script supervisor: second unit
Francesca Jaynes .... choreographer
Patrick Schweitzer .... location manager
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Heimkehr (Germany)
Rosamunde Pilcher - Heimkehr (Germany)
Rosamunde Pilcher's Coming Home (Australia) (DVD title)
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199 min
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Followed by Nancherrow (1999) (TV) more

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1 out of 13 people found the following review useful.
Poorly done, 3 February 2006
3/10
Author: mfsor from San Francisco Bay Area

With Knightly and O'Tool as the leads, this film had good possibilities, and with McCallum as the bad guy after Knightly, maybe some tension. But they threw it all away on silly evening frill and then later on with maudlin war remnants. It was of course totally superficial, beautiful English country and seaside or not.The number one mistake was dumping Knightly so early on in the film, when she could easily have played someone a couple of years older, instead of choosing someone ten years older to play the part. They missed all the chances to have great conflict among the cast, and instead stupidly pulled at the easy and low-cost heartstring elements.

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