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starring: Jean-Marc Barr, Emma Fielding, Simon Callow, Jack Shepherd, John Sessionsdirected by: Stuart St. Paul
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9781577423058
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 1577423054
Label: Bonneville / Bwe
Manufacturer: Bonneville / Bwe
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Bonneville / Bwe
Release Date: February 16, 1999
Running Time: 101 minutes
Sales Rank: 55183
Studio: Bonneville / Bwe
Theatrical Release Date: 1998
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
The Scarlet Tunic, an adaptation of a Thomas Hardy short story, is set in the rolling hills of the 19th-century English countryside. While this is a beautiful-looking movie, what it offers in scenery and costuming it lacks in cinematic power. Perhaps this simple story of forbidden love would have been better off left as a short story.
Frances Groves, daughter of a solicitor, is betrothed to her father's awkward, older, and unattractive business associate. Matthaus Singer--sensitive, conflicted, poetry-reading German hussar--is camped with his squadron on the Groves' land. The inevitable romance between the two puts them both at tremendous risk as they are caught between their love for each other and their incompatible places in society.
Jean-Marc Barr (Breaking the Waves) and Emma Fielding put in respectable performances, but they're not enough to carry the slow-moving plot. For those in search of a love-gone-awry period piece, Wuthering Heights (the Olivier version) or Immortal Beloved are better choices. --Mara Friedman
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Completely absurd
I've not read this Hardy story, but I understand from doing a web search that this presentation departs from the original story both in details and in plotline. The climax is simply crazy. My wife and I just shook our heads and said "Give me a break." Hardy must be rotating robustly in his grave.
Look, we love period pieces, and have watched just about every one available on DVD or VHS. But sometimes, if they're badly done, they're just a waste of time. This movies ranks right up there ... Read More
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