In 1838, lovely governess Elisabeth agrees to bear a child of anonymous English landowner, and he will in return pay her father’s debt. At birth she, as agreed, gives up the child. Seven years later she is hired as governess to a girl on a remote Sussex estate. The father of the girl, Charles Godwin, turns out to be that anonymous landowner. So Elisabeth has to be her own daughter’s governess, and she can’t reveal the secret of her tie with little Louisa.
Release Date: 4 September 1998Runtime: 103 min
Stars:
- Annabel Giles
- Diana Payan
- Dominique Belcourt
- Emma Amos
- John Flanagan
- John Hodgkinson
- Joss Ackland
- Kevin Anderson
- Lia Williams
- Maggie McCarthy
- Sally Dexter
- Sophie Marceau
- Stephen Dillane
- Valerie Minifie
- Wolf Kahler
Director: William Nicholson
