CHRISTABEL {PART 1 OF 4} TV)

Summary

Part one of this four-part drama adapted by writer Dennis Potter, based on "The Past is Myself" by Christabel Bielenberg. A straightforward adaptation of Bielenberg's memoirs, this program offers an impressionistic view of life in Germany during the rise of Hitler. Christabel, a privileged English lady who goes to live with her new husband, a German lawyer, in 1934, finds that she is ill-prepared for the alarming political situation and the privations of war. Two qualities attracted Potter to the story: "One, it's a celebration of married love, and two, it's the perfect answer to collective guilt. They were confronted by this raving maniac and yet managed to emerge without doing anything degrading." Continues with T:23585.

Details

• NETWORK: BBC (United Kingdom)
• DATE: 1988/November/December
• RUNNING TIME: 0:53:53
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: T:23584
• GENRE: Drama
• SUBJECT HEADING: Drama; International Collection - United Kingdom
• SERIES RUN: BBC (United Kingdom) - TV, 1988
• COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

• Dennis Potter … Executive Producer, Adapted by
• Kenith Trodd … Producer
• Adrian Shergold … Director
• Christabel Bielenberg … Writer, Based on "The Past Is Myself" by
• Max Harris … Music by, Dance Music by
• Stanley Myers … Music by
• Elizabeth Hurley … Cast, Christabel
• Stephen Dillon … Cast, Peter
• Geoffrey Palmer … Cast, Mr. Burton
• Ann Bell … Cast, Mrs. Burton
• Le Vaillant, Nigel … Cast, Adam
• Robert Howard … Cast, the Priest
• Renny Lister … Cast, Aunt Ulla
• James Stewart … Cast, Baby Nicky
• Ben Preston … Cast, Baby John
• Guy Deghy … Cast, Professor Bauer
• Jonathan Izard … Cast, Newsvendor
• John Burgess … Cast, Neisse
• John Barrard … Cast, the Jewish Tailor
• Stewart Harwood … Cast, the Fat Brownshirt
• John Phythian … Cast, First Nazi
• Tim Killick … Cast, Second Nazi
• Michael Egan … Cast, the Hotel Manager
• David Baukham … Cast, the Brownshirt in Synagogue
• Arthur Whybrow … Cast, the English Gardener
• Nicola Wright … Cast, Clarita
• Sam Preston … Cast, Nicky
• Le Neveu, Ryan … Cast, John
• David Lyon … Cast, Kreuze