The Secret Garden
Agnieszka Holland, 1993
The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett, 1910
The Secret Garden is a movie directed by Agnieszka Holland in 1993 and based on the book of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett, first published in 1910. The movie features Kate Maberly, Heydon Prowse, Andrew Knott, Maggie Smith, Irène Jacob, John Lynch, and others.
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Storyline
In 1901, recently orphaned 10-year-old Mary Lennox is sent from her home in British India to her uncle Lord Archibald Craven’s mansion, Misselthwaite Manor, in Yorkshire, England. Head housekeeper Mrs. Medlock informs Mary she will not be spoiled as she was in India and that her uncle, who spends extended periods of time away from the Manor, will likely not see her.
Movie vs Book
Year
1993
Minutes
101
Movie Rate
7.30
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Secret Garden
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Country: UK
Year: 1993
Length: 1h41m
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Year
1910
Pages
331
Book Rate
8.26
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Book
The Secret Garden
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
Country: UK
First published in: 1910
Length: 331 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Fred M. Wilcox
Movie by Owen Smith
Movie by Marc Munden
User polls & recommendations
“No author can want a movie to be exactly like the book because then it will be a bad movie.”
KATHERINE PATERSON (Writer)
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