South Riding
Directed by Victor SavilleWinifred Holtby realised that local government is not a dry affair of meetings and memoranda, but the front-line defence thrown up by humanity against its common enemies of sickness, poverty and ignorance. She built her story around six people working for a typical county council. Beneath the lives of the public servants runs the thread of their personal drama. The story tells how a public life affects the private life; and how a man's personal sufferings make him what he is in public. Corruption, intrigue and romance in a Yorkshire setting where a country squire whose wife is in a mental hospital becomes attracted to a crusading local schoolmistress.
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South Riding was released on April 29, 1938.
South Riding was directed by Victor Saville.
South Riding has a runtime of 85m.
South Riding was produced by Victor Saville.
Winifred Holtby realised that local government is not a dry affair of meetings and memoranda, but the front-line defence thrown up by humanity against its common enemies of sickness, poverty and ignorance. She built her story around six people working for a typical county council. Beneath the lives of the public servants runs the thread of their personal drama. The story tells how a public life affects the private life; and how a man's personal sufferings make him what he is in public. Corruption, intrigue and romance in a Yorkshire setting where a country squire whose wife is in a mental hospital becomes attracted to a crusading local schoolmistress.
The key characters in South Riding are Sarah Barton (Edna Best), Robert Carne (Ralph Richardson), Alfred Huggins (Edmund Gwenn).
South Riding is rated Approved.
South Riding is a Drama, Romance film.
South Riding has an audience rating of 6.7 out of 10.