Film

The Changeling

1974 · 1h 43m · Drama · TV Movie

IMDb

7.3

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.

Stanley Baker

De Flores

Helen Mirren

Beatrice-Joanna

Brian Cox

Alsemero

Alan Webb

Vermandero

T. P. McKenna

Tomazo de Piracquo

Frances Tomelty

Diaphanta

Norman Rossington

Lollio

Susan Penhaligon

Isabella

Kenneth Cranham

Antonio

Malcolm Reynolds

Alonzo de Piracquo

Tony Selby

Jasperino

Raymond Francis

Alibius

Anthony Douse

Franciscus

George Camiller

Pedro

Lionel Guyett

Servant

Christopher Saul

Servant

• Anthony PageDirector
• Cedric MessinaProducer
• Geoffrey BurgonOriginal Music Composer

Release date

January 20, 1974

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 43m

Genres

Drama, TV Movie

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