The Turn of the screw

This is an opera based on the Henry James story “Turn of the screw” written by Benjamin Britten. Performed by the Royal Opera at Covent Garden, it features Magdalena Vasaryova, Juraj Kukura and Dana Medricka. The story revolves around a governess who looks after two orphaned children in the country on the proviso that she would never write to their young guardian, their uncle.

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Credits

director

Petr Weigl

co-producer

Hans-Gunther Herbetz

Zdenek Oves

production company

Fernseh produktiongesellschaft

Unitel

Duration

01:45:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1983

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

304975

Language

English

Subject categories

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain

Music & Performing Arts → Operas - Film and video adaptations

Performance

Performance → Opera - Performance

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1983

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