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Rainbow (The)
- Director: Ken Russell
- Writer: Ken Russell; Vivian Russell
- Producer: Dan Ireland; William J. Quigley
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The prequel to Women in Love...Good old Ken - the British film industry would have been a dull place without him.
Beautifully done and showing a surprising restraint - and, it works well.
Filmmakers should just watch and learn...Good old Ken.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Ken Russell's loose adaptation of the last part of D.H. Lawrence's "The Rainbow" sees impulsive young Ursula coming of age in pastoral England around the time of the Boer War. At school, she is introduced to lovemaking by a bisexual physical education instructress. While experiencing disillusionment in her first career attempt (teaching), she has an affair with a young Army officer, who wants to marry her. Unable to accept a future of domesticity, she breaks with him, and eventually leaves home in search of her destiny.
Cast & Characters
Sammi Davis as Ursula Brangwen;
Paul McGann as Anton Skrebensky;
Amanda Donohoe as Winifred Inger;
Christopher Gable as Will Brangwen;
David Hemmings as Uncle Henry;
Glenda Jackson as Anna Brangwen;
Dudley Sutton as MacAllister;
Jim Carter as Mr. Harby;
Judith Paris as Miss Harby;
Kenneth Colley as Mr. Brunt;
Glenda McKay as Gudrun Brangwen;
Mark Owen as Jim Richards;
Ralph Nossek as Vicar;
Nicola Stephenson as Ethel;
Molly Russell as Molly Brangwen