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In the Bleak Midwinter

Name: In the Bleak Midwinter
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1995-09-29
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 7.098

★ 7,1 /10 (46 Votes)

1995 EN 99 min

Overview

Out of work actor Joe volunteers to help try and save his sister's local church for the community by putting on a Christmas production of Hamlet, somewhat against the advice of his agent Margaretta. 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.

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29/09/1995

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1.9

The drama. The passion. The intrigue... And the rehearsals haven't even started.

Genres

Comedy

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

99 min

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

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Hetta Charnley

Molly

Adrian Scarborough

Young actor

Brian Pettifer

Ventriloquist

Patrick Doyle

Scotsman

Shaun Prendergast

Mule Train Man

Allie Byrne

Tap Dancer

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Katy Carmichael

Mad Puppet Woman

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Ann Davies

Mrs Branch

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James D. White

Tim

Robert Hines

Mortimer

Edward Jewesbury

Nina's Father

Carol Starks

Audience Member

Jessica Manley

Audience Member

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Branagh's 2022 black and white film **BELFAST** is considered his most personal film. I offer that his 1995 black and white film **IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER** is equally autobiographical. And I guess that we will see a third black and white film in the future that would showcase the twilight of his career to close out the Branagh Trilogy. (_Cross your fingers_.) **IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER** is also the first film that Branagh does not appear. It is arguably the least popular film in his oeuvre, partially because of the release in the United States under the name **A MIDWINTER'S TALE**. For eas…

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