In the Bleak Midwinter (1995)
September 29, 1995Release Date
In the Bleak Midwinter (1995)
September 29, 1995Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Michael Maloney
Joe
Richard Briers
Henry
Joan Collins
Margaretta
Nicholas Farrell
Tom Newman
Julia Sawalha
Nina
Celia Imrie
Fadge
John Sessions
Terry Du Bois
Jennifer Saunders
Nancy
Gerard Horan
Carnforth
Mark Hadfield
Vernon Spatch
Hetta Charnley
Molly
Adrian Scarborough
Young actor
Brian Pettifer
Ventriloquist
Patrick Doyle
Scotsman
Shaun Prendergast
Mule Train Man
Allie Byrne
Tap Dancer
Katy Carmichael
Mad Puppet Woman
Ann Davies
Mrs Branch
James D. White
Tim
Robert Hines
Mortimer
Edward Jewesbury
Nina's Father
Carol Starks
Audience Member
Jessica Manley
Audience Member
Kenneth Branagh
Director / Writer
Jimmy Yuill
Original Music Composer
Caroline Harris
Costume Design
Neil Farrell
Editor
Tim Harvey
Production Design
Roger Lanser
Director of Photography
David Appleby
Still Photographer
Caroline Kelly
Wardrobe Master
David Barron
Producer
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In the Bleak Midwinter (released in the US as A Midwinter's Tale) is a 1995 British romantic comedy film written and directed by Kenneth Branagh. Many of the roles in the film were written for specific actors. This was the first film directed by Branagh in which he did not appear.
The film begins with a monologue by out-of-work actor Joe Harper (Michael Maloney) about his slow decline into depression. In an attempt to beat his depression, Joe volunteers to help try to save his sister's local church from land developers for the community by putting on a Christmas production of Hamlet, somewhat against the advice of his agent Margaretta (Joan Collins). As the cast he assembles are still available even at Christmas and are prepared to do it on a 'profit sharing' basis (that is, they may not get paid anything), he cannot expect – and does not get – the cream of the cream. But although they all bring their own problems and foibles along, something bigger starts to emerge in the perhaps aptly named village of Hope. This film encapsulates the hilarious and heartbreaking struggle of actor versus situation versus life, and often versus each other. It was shot in black and white.