Being very familiar with the area in which the film was shot, we empathised immediately with the settings. Having also had military connections the period uniforms interested us and we scrutinised every detail we could!(The position of the double V ranking stripes - which were ripped off, seemed to change position on the sleeve from time to time.) Firstly we enjoyed the movie enormously, even though neither of us had heard of the novel. The big names surprised us for such a modest production. The feeling of the pace of life was perfectly conveyed along with the simplicity of love and death in those times. Timing and opportunities were snatched at and acts of passion were colourfully acted out. The housekeeper and master relationship unfolded so naturally. The relationship which bore a love child girl, resulted in a family reunion at the end of the film - a relationship which the deceased hero and heroine had contrived to create. The film was a tragedy and it was in our opinion extremely well casted, the filming locations were of course perfect and authentic, costume and hair was good and the lighting we noticed brought the audience a little closer to actually being there. (Lighting is not something we comment on usually!) Make up was good as it should not have been visible in this piece, for this period or for these country folk. The death scene was "short lived"! It all happened so fast, which was a pity - more could have been made of this scene. But it was true love I guess. Thought there wasn't enough anger in this scene by the father.
Believe it was a well budgeted film, and looking at the credits used local help too. More please.
Believe it was a well budgeted film, and looking at the credits used local help too. More please.