| Edition |
Full screen. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 220 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, full screen (4:3) presentation; Dolby Digital. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Cast |
Margaret Tyzack, Helen Mirren, Colin Baker, Thorley Walters, Ursula Howells. |
| Note |
Based on the novel by Honoré de Balzac. |
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Originally broadcast on BBC television in 1971. |
| Summary |
A spinster gets revenge on her cousin's family by enlisting the help of a beautiful woman, after they take away the only man that mattered to her. |
| Audience |
Rating UNK. |
| Contents |
Disc 1: Part one: Poor relations ; Part two: This house for pleasure ; Part three: Delilah and her handmaid -- Disc 2: Part four: Bitter harvest ; Part five: Family angel. |
| Note |
Special features: Bio of Honoré de Balzac; cast filmographies. |
| Language |
English dialogue. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Single women -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
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Cousins -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
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Revenge -- Drama.
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Sculptors -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
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Avarice -- Drama.
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Paris (France) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Television mini-series.
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Melodrama.
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Women on television.
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Melodrama -- Television mini-series.
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Women -- Television mini-series.
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Television serials.
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Melodrama.
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| Added Author |
Lisemore, Martin.
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Lawler, Ray.
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Davies, Gareth.
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Tyzack, Margaret, 1931-2011.
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Mirren, Helen.
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Baker, Colin, 1943-
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Walters, Thorley, 1913-1991.
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Howells, Ursula.
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Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850.
Cousine Bette. English.
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British Broadcasting Corporation.
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Acorn Media (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1569389020 |
| Standard No. |
054961902095 |
| Music No. |
AMP-9020 Acorn Media |
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