The Changeling

Jan 20, 1974

1h 43m

★ 7.0

Overview

Sexual passion breeds violence in the Thomas Middleton and William Rowley written tale of a beautiful woman who falls in love with a sea-captain. Filmed with lush production values and at a leisurely, very British pace, Helen Mirren is riveting as Beatrice-Joanna, a young lass already torn by love and commitment.Beatrice-Joanna (Helen Mirren) is betrothed to Lord Alonzo de Piraquo (Malcolm Reynolds) but is in love with Alsemero (Brian Cox). She hires her father's manservant, De Flores (Stanley Baker), to kill Alonzo but after he has done so, she realises De Flores wants her as a reward.The Changeling was an instalment of the BBC's Play of the Month series and is a production for television of a 1622 Jacobean tragedy of the same name, written by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

BBC

The Changeling Trailers

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Cast

De Flores

Stanley Baker

Beatrice-Joanna

Helen Mirren

Alsemero

Brian Cox

Vermandero

Alan Webb

Tomazo de Piracquo

T. P. McKenna

Diaphanta

Frances Tomelty

Lollio

Norman Rossington

Isabella

Susan Penhaligon

Antonio

Kenneth Cranham

Alonzo de Piracquo

Malcolm Reynolds

Jasperino

Tony Selby

Alibius

Raymond Francis

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