A Midwinter's Tale [Blu-ray]

Director: Kenneth Branagh Kenneth Branagh

Overview

A rag-tag group of amateur actors lead by an unemployed professional endeavor to stage Hamlet in the rundown basement of a community church in this comedy. The lead actor and his powerful agent think that his playing the troubled Dane may give his flagging career a much needed boost. So with himself as the lead, he sets out to round out his cast with the local oddballs who come to try out. The town drunk is cast as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, a hopeless fluffhead is to play Ophelia and for Queen Gertrude, the actor casts a female impersonator. They have three weeks to put the show together. The actor then takes them to his hometown of Hope. The little troupe begins living in an abandoned church in the nun's quarters and much of the tale centers upon the travails they face during their many rehearsals.

Product Details

Release Date:	12/12/2023
UPC:	0810134947474
Original Release:	1995
Rating:	R
Language:	English
Time:	1:39:00
Sales rank:	21,323

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Michael Maloney	Joe Harper
Richard Briers	Henry Wakefield
Julia Sawalha	Nina
Nicholas Farrell	Tom Newman
John Sessions	Terry Du Bois
Mark Hadfield	Vernon Spatch
Gerard Horan	Carnforth Greville
Celia Imrie	Fadge
Jennifer Saunders	Nancy Crawford
Joan Collins	Margaretta D'Arcy
Hetta Charnley	Molly
Ann Davies	Mrs. Branch
James D. White	Tim
Robert Hines	Mortimer
Allie Byrne	Tap Dancer
Adrian Scarborough	Young Actor
Brian Petifer	Ventriloquist
Patrick Doyle	Scotsman
Shaun Prendergast	Mule Train Man
Carol Starks	Audience Member
Edward Jewesbury	Nina's Father
Katy Carmichael	Mad Puppet Woman
Brian Pettifer	Ventriloquist
Jimmy Yuill	Composer

Technical Credits

Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh	Director,Screenwriter
David Barron	Producer