The House of Bernarda Alba

1h 41m
Drama
0

A domineering,reclusive, and ostentatiously pious widow in a small Spanish town keeps such close watch on her daughters that they are unable to have normal social lives. However, the eldest is allowed to become engaged to an unprincipled young man, primarily for the financial advantages it will bring the mother, Bernarda. Jealousy and envy ensues among the other daughters.

Cast

Glenda Jackson
Bernarda
Joan Plowright
Poncia
Patricia Hayes
Mara Josefa
Deborah Findlay
Martirio
Suzanna Hamilton
Amelia
Gillian Hanna
Maid
Emer McCourt
Beggar
Pauline Melville
Prudencia
Mary Maddox
Magdelana

Crew

Núria Espert
Director
Stuart Burge
Director
Federico García Lorca
Writer
Robert David MacDonald
Screenplay
David Gasson
Editor
Simon Kossoff
Director of Photography
Andrew Holmes
Executive Producer
Stephen Phillips
Producer
Ezio Frigerio
Production Design
Franca Squarciapino
Costume Design
Elizabeth Moss
Makeup Artist
Simon Hayter
Sound
Carlos Miranda
Music
Mark Raggett
Art Direction

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