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While researching the work of author D.H. Lawrence (Kenneth Branagh), Kate (Alison Steadman) begins a romance with a fellow academic, and learns about Lawrence's love affair with the married aristocrat Frieda Von Richthofen (Helen Mirren) in this made-for-television drama. As Lawrence and Von Richthofen fall deeper into their forbidden relationship, Kate grows more familiar with Lawrence's work, such as the sensuous Lady Chatterly's Lover.
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While researching the work of author D.H. Lawrence (Kenneth Branagh), Kate (Alison Steadman) begins a romance with a fellow academic, and learns about Lawrence's love affair with the married aristocrat Frieda Von Richthofen (Helen Mirren) in this made-for-television drama. As Lawrence and Von Richthofen fall deeper into their forbidden relationship, Kate grows more familiar with Lawrence's work, such as the sensuous Lady Chatterly's Lover.
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Genre:Romance, Drama, TV Movie
Written By:Alan Plater
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Runtime:80 minutes
Studio:ITV Central
Cast
Peter Barber-Fleming
Director
Kenneth Branagh
D.H. Lawrence
Helen Mirren
Frieda von Richtofen Weekley
Alison Steadman
Kate
Philip Martin Brown
David
Felicity Montagu
Jessie Chambers
Fiona Victory
Alice Dax
Norman Rodway
William Hopkin
Alison King
Sallie Hopkin
Lynn Farleigh
Lydia Lawrence
Malcolm Storry
Arthur Lawrence
Robin Paul Bassford
Young Lawrence
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