Daniel Deronda DVD 2002 Directed by Tom Hooper / Based on the Novel by George Eliot / Starring: Hugh Dancy, Romola Garai, Hugh Bonneville, Jodhi May / BBC

UPC 5999545587228

MADE IN HUNGARY

REGION 2 PAL DVD

Audio: English 2.0, Hungarian 2.0

Subtitle: English, Hungarian

Total Runtime: 210 minutes

English Summary:

Daniel Deronda is a British television serial drama adapted by Andrew Davies from the George Eliot novel of the same name. It was directed by Tom Hooper, produced by Louis Marks, and was first broadcast in three parts on BBC One from 23 November to 7 December 2002.

Set in 1870s England, the story involves the overlapping narratives of two characters. Daniel Deronda (Hugh Dancy) is an intelligent and handsome young man of obscure origins who has been raised as part of the family of his loving guardian, Sir Hugo Mallinger (Edward Fox). Gwendolen Harleth (Romola Garai) is a spoiled but very beautiful young woman living with her mother and sisters in an obscure country neighbourhood. She dazzles her neighbours with her beauty and accomplishments and is confident that she will marry a rich man. The likelihood of this increases when she is introduced to a neighbour, Henleigh Grandcourt (Hugh Bonneville), who is heir to Sir Hugo Mallinger. He becomes infatuated with Gwendolen and shows a clear intention to propose; although Gwendolen is not in love with him, she intends to accept. However, on the day of the proposal, Gwendolen meets a woman (Greta Scacchi) who claims to be Grandcourt's mistress and presents three children she claims are his offspring. She tells Gwendolen that she left her husband for Grandcourt and begs Gwendolen not to marry him because it will ruin her children's prospects as his heirs. Horrified by this revelation, Gwendolen promises not to marry Grandcourt and accepts an invitation to travel to Germany with some friends to avoid him.

Hungarian Summary:

Gwendolen Harleth beleszeret az eszményien tisztességes Daniel Derondába, de hamarosan rá kell jönnie, hogy ők ketten két külön világban élnek. Gwendolen kirobbanóan szépséges, élénk, élni vágyó és önző. Daniel csöndes, befelé forduló, érzékeny és gondoskodó. Amikor Gwendolent családja anyagi helyzete egy zsarnoki férj oldalára kényszeríti egyre boldogtalanabb és egyre szerelmesebb lesz - Danielbe. Ám a fiút addigra már más foglalkoztatja: az a félénk és különös sorsú zsidólány, akit egy véletlen folytán ő ment meg az öngyilkosságtól, s akit szállásadói befogadnak. A lánynak csodálatos hangja van. Gwendolen és Daniel sok szenvedés után megtalálja a maga útját - ám ezen az úton nem együtt mennek tovább...

Cast / Szereplők:

• Hugh Dancy as Daniel Deronda
• Romola Garai as Gwendolen Harleth
• Hugh Bonneville as Henleigh Grandcourt
• Jodhi May as Mirah Lapidoth
• Edward Fox as Sir Hugo Mallinger
• David Bamber as Lush
• Amanda Root as Mrs. Davilow
• Greta Scacchi as Lydia Glasher
• Barbara Hershey as Contessa Maria Alcharisi
• Nicholas Day as Lord Brackenshaw
• Georgie Glen as Lady Mallinger
• Simon Schatzberger as Ezra Cohen