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Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

  • TV Mini Series
  • 1994
  • 1h 53m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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Diane Lane and Donald Sutherland in Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994)
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Lucy Marsden, an elderly woman, relives the terror of the Civil War through her memories of her husband, Captain Willie Marsden, whom she married when she was just 14 years old.Lucy Marsden, an elderly woman, relives the terror of the Civil War through her memories of her husband, Captain Willie Marsden, whom she married when she was just 14 years old.Lucy Marsden, an elderly woman, relives the terror of the Civil War through her memories of her husband, Captain Willie Marsden, whom she married when she was just 14 years old.

  • Stars
    • Diane Lane
    • Donald Sutherland
    • Amber Brooke
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    601
    YOUR RATING
    • Stars
      • Diane Lane
      • Donald Sutherland
      • Amber Brooke
    • 7User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 4 Primetime Emmys
      • 5 wins & 9 nominations total

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    Diane Lane
    Diane Lane
    • Lucy Honicut Marsden
    • 1994
    Donald Sutherland
    Donald Sutherland
    • Capt. William Marsden
    • 1994
    Amber Brooke
    Amber Brooke
    • Baby
    • 1994
    Anne Bancroft
    Anne Bancroft
    • Lucy Marsden (age 99-100)
    • 1994
    Kathryn Morris
    Kathryn Morris
    • Zundro (Sandra)
    • 1994
    Blythe Danner
    Blythe Danner
    • Bianca Honicut
    • 1994
    Cicely Tyson
    Cicely Tyson
    • Castralia, Marsden Family House Slave…
    • 1994
    Gwen Verdon
    Gwen Verdon
    • Etta Pell, Old Folks Home Resident
    • 1994
    E.G. Marshall
    E.G. Marshall
    • Prof. Taw, Old Folks Home Resident
    • 1994
    Camille Cooper
    Camille Cooper
    • Shirey Ann Williams, Lucy's best girlhood friend
    • 1994
    Maureen Mueller
    Maureen Mueller
    • Lady Mardsen
    • 1994
    Wil Horneff
    Wil Horneff
    • Willie Marsden (at 13)
    Jesse Zeigler
    • Ned Mardsen (12), Lucy's eldest son
    Garette Ratliff Henson
    Garette Ratliff Henson
    • Ned Smythe, Willie's best friend (flashback scenes)
    Jordan Williams
    Jordan Williams
    • Samuel Honicut
    Stephanie Astalos-Jones
    Stephanie Astalos-Jones
    • Ruth Wilgus, Neighbor with telephone
    Joshua Cantrell
    • Edward Marsden
    Jacob Cantrell
    • Perry (6)
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    9Joanalamode

    A Must See or Read

    I recently watched the Netflix version (does anyone know if it was edited a lot...curious...never saw full mini series on TV)and really enjoyed it. This is a must see. I found this to be one of the most romantic and endearing stories about respect, love, loyalty and the sanctity of marriage. These days portrayed in the story are long gone and they will never return. The cast did an incredible job: Donald Sutherland and Diane Lane were amazing together! Sutherland plays a Southern gentleman/heal/charmer and after reading the book there is no one that I can imagine in that role but he. Diane Lane, Cicely Tyson, Anne Bancroft, lets not forget Blythe Danner who in my opinion stole every scene she was in! Incredible cast, amazing storyline it was a joy to watch and made me want to read the book. I read the book to get some detail and to see if there were any signifigant differences and there is so much detail and some differences but the mini series really took the basics and created a visual masterpiece from an incredible story. I recommend seeing it twice because there are some scenes where it is hard to understand due to the Southern Drawl accents and what-not. Now that I think about it why a 9 instead of a 10? I may have decided that there were some scenes that could have been left out but for the most part I was really enjoying myself.
    9trevillian

    found this an entertaining story

    Along the lines of Miss Jane Pittman, even has Cicily, I stayed involved all the way through, enjoyed it enough to buy a copy so that I could view it without commercials. Donald is a brute, the widow deserves all the bonuses that she got, in the end. a good tale. easier to stay with that the book.
    6jmckelve

    Lengthy, but interesting...

    I found the show lengthy but interesting. The story is told in flashback sequence...a style I find particularly annoying. It also does not contain subtitles which add to viewing. Diane Lane is magnificent and Southerland does well also. One foible is that the boy Marsden shown in many of the Civil War battleground sequences has dark brown eyes while the adult Marsden (Southerland) clearly has light blue eyes. Tyson does a great job in her role as the housekeeper/former slave girl. The character of Marsden shows little or no love or care for his wife and children just doing whatever he pleases whenever he wants to...pretty accurate and indicative of a husband from the South at this time in history....
    willy-63

    Got the Government good

    a lot of people don't know that she continued to receive his pension after he died. The government didn't plan on her living as long as she did.Not too many people get one over on the Government legally. Way to go girl. I liked this story because My great grandfather was one of the last surviving Union soldiers. He died in 1932 at the age of 90.
    9suthrngrl1948

    Good character portrayals..

    I gave this movie a '10' primarily because of the acting skills and filmography. Being a Southerner, at times some movies about the South are a little hard to swallow. I found this movie very interesting as it gave insight not only into situation but the feelings and thoughts of the characters. I especially enjoyed seeing Mr. Ed Grady in the roll of Robert E. Lee. It sometimes amazes me that he is so versatile and yet has not shown up in more movies. I believe we should have more movies in which the actors are so well suited to their parts, rather than just using some of the more established names in the movie industry as 'draws', whether they have the ability to 'become' the character they are portraying or not.

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    • Trivia
      Mary Stuart Masterson and Sissy Spacek were considered for the role of Lucy Honicut Marsden.
    • Connections
      Featured in The 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1994)

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    • Release date
      • May 1, 1994 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Krig & passion
    • Filming locations
      • Madison, Georgia, USA
    • Production companies
      • Konigsberg/Sanitsky Company
      • RHI Entertainment
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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