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The Scarlet Tunic [DVD] [1998]

DVD ~ Jean-Marc Barr

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Actors: Jean-Marc Barr, Emma Fielding, Simon Callow, Jack Shepherd, John Sessions
Directors: Stuart St. Paul
Writers: Stuart St. Paul, Colin Clements, Mark Jenkins, Thomas Hardy
Producers: Daniel Figuero, Philip Keenan, Simon Price
Format: PAL
Language English
Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
Number of discs: 1
Classification: 12
Studio: C'est La Vie
DVD Release Date: 23 Feb 2004
Run Time: 88 minutes

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

ASIN: B00013YQKG
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 52,091 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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A period drama and a adaption of a Thomas Hardy short story (THE MELANCHOLY HUSSAR); THE SCARLET TUNIC is filmed against the backdrop of the stunning scenery of the Dorset countryside. A story of the forbidden love between a German hussar, Matthaus Singer, and the daughter of a well-to-do solicitor, France Groves. Both feel trapped in circumstances they cannot control and seek escape in illicit meetings. If they are found out they will be ruined, will they be able to keep their love a secret

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3.0 out of 5 stars Overblown Hardy, 5 Jul 2006

By	R. Burgess (London UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Several of Thomas Hardy's novels have been filmed in recent years, but here one of his short stories, 'The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion' from the collection 'Wessex Tales,' has been expanded into a full-length feature film and given a snappier title. I saw the film on its cinema release in 1998 when it was taken off after only one week. It did not deserve such a fate, as it is well presented with generally good performances, especially from the two romantic leads, and the expected attractive Westcountry scenery. Jack Shepherd, best known as the Cornish TV policeman Wycliffe, is rather overparted as the heroine's father and Simon Callow gives a ludicrously over-the-top performance as the commanding officer, here a made-up character who scarcely figures at all in the original story: Callow gives him unpleasantly camp and Germanophobe overtones. But this is my only serious reservation and I find the invented melodramatic conclusion, substituting for Hardy's gentle close, fair enough in a film. The DVD has lots of the usual extras for movie buffs. For most people the main attraction will be the touching romance which is the heart of Hardy's tale

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