The Winter's Tale (1968)
2h 30m
Running Time
May 27, 1968Release Date
Plot.
King Leontes of Bohemia suspects his wife, Hermione, and his friend, Polixenes, of betraying him. When he forces Polixenes to flee for his life, Leontes sets in motion a chain of events that lead to death, a ferocious bear, an infant left in the snow, young love, and a statue coming to life.
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Cast & Crew.
Laurence Harvey
King Leontes
Jane Asher
Perdita
Diana Churchill
Paulina
Moira Redmond
Hermione
Jim Dale
Autolycus / Original Music Composer
Esmond Knight
Camillo
Richard Gale
Polixenes
David Weston
Florizel / Archidamas
John Gray
Clown
Edward Jewesbury
Shepherd / Gaoler
Alan Foss
Antigonus
John Gray
Clown
Frank Barry
Mamillus
Dan Caulfield
Lord
Charmian Eyre
Shepherd Servant
William Kerwin
Jeff
Monica Maughan
Lady
Cherry Morris
Emilia
Terry Palmer
Cleomines
Joy Ring
Mopsa
Joanna Wake
Dorcas
Frank Dunlop
Director / Stage Director
William Shakespeare
Theatre Play
Peter Snell
Producer
Roy Stevens
Associate Producer
Anthony Bowles
Original Music Composer / Music Director
Oswald Morris
Director of Photography
Gordon Pilkington
Editor
Carl Toms
Production Design / Costume Design
Julian Mackintosh
Production Manager
Paddy Cunningham
Sound Recordist
Gerry Humphreys
Sound Re-Recording Mixer / Supervising Sound Editor
Details.
Wiki.
The Winter's Tale is a 1967 British TV film based on The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare. Directed by Frank Dunlop, it stars Laurence Harvey and Jane Asher. It was produced by Peter Snell and filmed in 1966. It was adapted from a popular stage production at the Edinburgh Festival which had a successful transfer to London.
The movie was distributed on the US college circuit in 1967. It got a cinema release in the UK in 1968.
Tom Baker, in an uncredited role, made his film debut in the film.