Rosamunde Pilcher: Sommer der Liebe

Apr 9, 2007

1h 28m

★ 4.3

Overview

Colonel Mortimer's son Gregory, his pride and joy, returns to the ancestral Cornish estate by the sea for the summer after loosing that year's only Horse Guards officer promotion to his neighbor-buddy Eric. By ancestral tradition, that means another delay too for his long-planned marriage with neighbor's daughter Rebecca, who already doubts if the are actually in love. Mortimer's new housekeeper Elisabeth proves irresistible for father (platonically) and son, but is held back by a family secret concerning her late mother Catherine. Eric also has a confession to make.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

FFP New Media

ZDF

ORF

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Cast

Elisabeth

Diana Staehly

Mortimer

Klaus Wildbolz

Gregory

Bruno Bruni, Jr.

Rebecca

Alexandra Schalaudek

Lady Margaret

Bigi Fischer

James

Frank Behnke

Eric

Timo Hübsch

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