The Turn of the Screw

TV Movie
1982
1h 58m

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A governess looking after two children begins suspecting that the ghost of her predecessor is haunting them.A governess looking after two children begins suspecting that the ghost of her predecessor is haunting them.A governess looking after two children begins suspecting that the ghost of her predecessor is haunting them.

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7.3/10

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Helen Donath

The Governess
(voice)

Magda Vásáryová

The Governess

Ava June

Mrs. Grose
(voice)

Dana Medrická

Mrs. Grose

Robert Tear

Quint
(voice)

Juraj Kukura

Quint

Heather Harper

Miss Jessel
(voice)

Emília Vásáryová

Miss Jessel

Lillian Watson

Flora
(voice)

Beata Blazicková

Flora

Michael Ginn

Miles
(voice)

Michal Gulyás

Miles

Vlado Müller

Their Guardian
(as Vladimír Müller)

Philip Langridge

Prologue
(voice)

Director
- Petr Weigl
Writers
- Henry James
- Myfanwy Piper
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1/10

Listen with your eyes closed

Petr Weigl is not the first person to think that he can film an opera with beautiful people on the screen and the fat ladies confined to the soundtrack. He is hoping for the best of both worlds but he ends up with the worst. The voices just don't fit the faces and the lack of synchronisation is laughable. I was most sorry for the little girl who played Flora. Not only was she given a woman's voice but she had to spend the entire film with what looked like a dead ferret on her head. Britten's opera comes over very well if you listen with your eyes closed.