Mansfield Park is a TV mini-series directed by David Giles in 1983 and based on the book of the same name by Jane Austen, first published in 1814. The TV series features Anna Massey, Angela Pleasence, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Nicholas Farrell, Jackie Smith-Wood, Robert Burbage, and others.
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Storyline
Living under the heavy burden of poverty, 10 year old Fanny Price is sent to live with her more affluent uncle and aunt, Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram of Mansfield Park. Growing up, she is treated as an inferior relation by all but her best friend and cousin Edmund. Quiet, staid, and virtuous Fanny witnesses the stirrings of passion when worldly siblings Henry and Mary Crawford move in next door.
Movie vs Book
Year
1983
Minutes
261
Movie Rate
6.80
Source: IMDb
TV Mini-Series
Mansfield Park
Director: David Giles
Country: UK
Year: 1983
Length: 4h21m / 6 episodes
Year
1814
Pages
488
Book Rate
7.72
S: Goodreads
Book
Mansfield Park
Author: Jane Austen
Country: UK
First published in: 1814
Length: 488 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Patricia Rozema
Movie by Iain B. MacDonald
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“Turning one's novel into a movie script is rather like making a series of sketches for a painting that has long ago been finished and framed.”
VLADIMIR NABOKOV (Wrirter)
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