DVD
Birdsong
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Eddie Redmayne, Clémence Poésy, Joseph Mawle, Anthony Andrews, Marie-Josée Croze, Matthew Goode, Laurent Lafitte, Richard Madden.
Publication Information
[Boston] : PBS Distribution, c2012.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 165 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Added Uniform Title
Summary
Stephen Wraysford is a young Englishman who arrives in Amiens in Northern France to stay with the Azaire family and falls desperately in love with Isabelle Azaire. They begin an illicit and all-consuming affair, but the relationship falters. Years later, Stephen finds himself serving on the Western Front in the very area where he experienced his great love, and is haunted by the memories of the affair. As he battles amidst the blood and gore of the trenches he meets Jack Firebrace, a tunneller who unexpectedly helps him endure the ravages of war and enables him to make peace with his feelings for Isabelle.
Notes
Title from container.
"Masterpiece classic"--Container.
Based on the novel Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks.
Originally broadcast as a television mini-series on the BBC and as part of the series Masterpiece on PBS in 2012.
Special features: The love story ; Behind the scenes ; The war story.