To the Lighthouse (1983)

  • NR
  • 03/22/1983 (GB)
  • TV Movie, Drama
  • 1h 55m

Overview

A faithful dramatization of Virginia Woolf's novel. A lecturer, his family, the spinster Aunt Lily, an old friend, and a student, Charles Tansley, spend a summer in an isolated house in Cornwall just before World War I. The stern Mr. Ramsay scolds everybody, while Mrs. Ramsay is the linchpin in keeping the family together. Aunt Lily paints, and the family talk about sailing to the lighthouse, but the trip is always postponed.

Colin Gregg

Director

Hugh Stoddart

Writer

Virginia Woolf

Novel

Cast

Kenneth Branagh's headshot

Kenneth Branagh

Charles Tansley
Rosemary Harris's headshot

Rosemary Harris

Mrs. Ramsay
Michael Gough's headshot

Michael Gough

Mr. Ramsay
Suzanne Bertish's headshot

Suzanne Bertish

Lily Briscoe
Lynsey Baxter's headshot

Lynsey Baxter

Nancy Ramsay
T. P. McKenna's headshot

T. P. McKenna

Augustus Carmichael
David Parfitt's headshot

David Parfitt

Andrew Ramsay
Simon Dutton's headshot

Simon Dutton

Jasper Ramsey (aged 24)

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