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Photographing Fairies (1997) 6.8
Photographer Charles Castle is numbed with grief following the death of his beautiful bride. He goes off to war, working in the trenches as a photographer. Following the war and still in ... See full summary » Director:Nick Willing |
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Charles Castle
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Linda
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Reverend Templeton
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Beatrice Templeton
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Clara Templeton
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Ana Templeton
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Mrs. Anne-Marie Castle
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Gardner
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Mr. Dawson
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Mrs. Dawson
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Mrs. Hoopdriver
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Richenda Carey | ... |
Fierce Woman
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Photographer Charles Castle is numbed with grief following the death of his beautiful bride. He goes off to war, working in the trenches as a photographer. Following the war and still in grief Charles is given some photographs purporting to be of fairies. His search for the truth leads him to Burkinwell, a seemingly peaceful village seething with secrets where he becomes drawn into a web of passion, romance and violence.. Written by Philip Stanton
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
19 September 1997 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Der Elfengarten See more »Company Credits
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Arts Council of England, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), British Screen Productions See more »
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Music by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by The Philharmonia Orchestra
Conducted and orchestrated by Terry Davies
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Clive Merrison (Gardner) has played Sherlock Holmes many times on BBC Radio 4 dramas. See more »Goofs
When discussing the original photograph with Beatrice Templeton (Frances Barber), Charles Castle (Toby Stephens) says that the supposed fairy in the image could just be a 'glitch in the emulsion'. The use of the word 'glitch' is anachronistic. Glitch, meaning a small fault, didn't come in to common parlance till the 1960s some 40+ years after the setting of this film. See more »Soundtracks
"Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92, II. Allegretto"Music by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by The Philharmonia Orchestra
Conducted and orchestrated by Terry Davies
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Occasionaly I am pleasantly suprised by the quality of a movie that I had never heard of prior to watching it. Photographing Fairies (or Apparition as it was tagged by our local Pay TV provider) is on such movie.
Toby Stephens plays Charles Castle (Stephens to me has some strikingly similar traits to Hugh Grant), who tragically lost his wife on the Swiss Alps. The movie chronicles his struggles to come to grips with her death and how the possibility of an afterlife (I don't wish to give the story away)makes him obsessed to prove that there is such an afterlife.
I was impressed by Stephens in this movie and am sure that bigger things will come his way. I was also impressed with Emily Woof who plays the romantic (if that can be said) support to Stephens. Woof was very good in the Woodlanders and continues her fine form here.
Ben Kingsley is also commanding in the movie and his counternance to Stephens desire to prove the existence of the fairies is the keystone of the movie's conclusion.
I tend to like movies that have story lines that I have not come across before. This is one such movie. The pleasing aspect is that the acting supports the plot which leads to a pleasant viewing experience.
This movie gets my thumbs up 7/10