Fången på Laurel House
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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Fången på Laurel House was released on 29 april 1938.
Fången på Laurel House was directed by Victor Saville.
Fången på Laurel House has a runtime of 85m.
Fången på Laurel House 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 Fången på Laurel House are Sarah Barton (Edna Best), Robert Carne (Ralph Richardson), Alfred Huggins (Edmund Gwenn).
Fången på Laurel House is rated 15.
Fången på Laurel House is a Drama, Romantik film.
Fången på Laurel House has an audience rating of 6.7 out of 10.