Basic Info
First Air: March 26, 1971
Seasons & Episodes
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
Last Episode
Name: The Song
Season: 1, Episode: 6
Air Date: 1971-04-30
Runtime: 44 min
'Everything I had ever loved and desired went out to the madness beyond the hills on that ill road that flung its evil white ribbon down into the dusk.'
Sunset Song
1971
Overview
Chris Guthrie lives with her family on a bleak farm in North East Scotland at the beginning of the 20th century. On her mother's death, she assumes the managing of the farm with her father and her older brother, but the men fall out, leaving Chris and her father to manage it alone. When her father dies, she considers abandoning the farm, but decides to carry on alone. She marries a young farmer, Ewan Tavendale. They have a baby and are happy for the first time, then the First World War breaks out, Ewan enlists and dies in France, and Chris is left once again to carry on with the farm.
Genres
Drama
Production Countries
- United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
- English en
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Cast
Vivien Heilbron
Chris
Edith MacArthur
Jean Guthrie
Andrew Keir
John Guthrie
Paul Young
Will Guthrie
Victor Carin
Chae Strachan
Derek Anders
Long Rob Duncan
Anne Kristen
Kirsty Strachan
John Grieve
Munro of Cuddiestoun
Mary Riggans
Mrs. Munro
Alex McAvoy
Alec Mutch
Jean Fitzpatrick
Mrs. Mutch
Charles Kearney
Rev. Gibbon
Crew
Moira Armstrong
Director
Bill Craig
Writer
Pharic Maclaren
Producer
Stuart Wyld
Cinematography
Herbert Chappell
Music
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