The Russian Bride (TV 2001)

Christopher, a middle-aged man who is obsessed with repairing old radios, marries the Russian bride Natasha. She comes to live with him and his mother Dora in his London house. Dora ... See full summary »

Director:

Nicholas Renton

Writer:

Guy Hibbert

Stars:

Lia Williams, Sheila Hancock, Douglas Hodge

4 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Lia Williams	...	Natash Cherniavskaya
Sheila Hancock	...	Dora Blossom
Douglas Hodge	...	Eddie Brennan
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alex Giannini	...	DC Cork
Hugh Hayes	...	Registrator
Bob Kingdom	...	Terence
Rad Lazar	...	Russian Businessman
Ralph Riach	...	Larry
Robin Soans	...	Clive
Jason Watkins	...	Christopher Rattle

Storyline

Christopher, a middle-aged man who is obsessed with repairing old radios, marries the Russian bride Natasha. She comes to live with him and his mother Dora in his London house. Dora instigated the marriage in order to have someone look after her son when she dies. Natasha is bored as Christopher takes no sexual interest in her, and she is treated as a servant. Eddie, an out-of-work actor, stirs up the household when he befriends Christopher and Dora, in order to seduce Natasha.

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 60 min (3 episodes)

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Zola ripoff

"The Russian Bride" is an interesting film with riveting performances by the principals, namely, Lia Williams, Sheila Hancock and Douglas Hodge. Hancock, as the crazed and domineering mother of the mail-order bride's hapless husband, is outstanding. The story is good, too. Of course it ought to be good because it is a scene-by-scene, uncredited, ripoff of Emile Zola's novel, "Therese Raquin," which has been filmed at least a half-dozen times with due credit to the author. The characters' names, the era and locale are changed in "The Russian Bride," but otherwise it's the same. I can't believe some guy is credited as "writer." I gave this film 3 stars; I would have given it 7 stars if it had just credited the actual writer.