Music · Germany · 1982 · 1h 56m

The Turn of the Screw

Director

Cast

Helen Donath as Governess (voice) Ava June as Mrs Grose (voice) Robert Tear as Quint (voice) Lillian Watson as Flora (voice) Michael Ginn as Miles (voice) Heather Harper as Miss Jessel (voice)

Crew

Myfanwy Piper — Writer Henry James — Writer

Synopsis

Benjamin Britten’s opera of the Henry James novel. An inexperienced governess is sent to a country house to care for two children, whom she is gradually convinced have been corrupted by the ghosts of a previous manservant and governess…

Mood & Themes

opera

Key Collaborators

Petr Weigl Director Myfanwy Piper Writer Henry James Writer

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