All Passion Spent

Synopsis

his three-part miniseries begins with elderly Lady Slane (Wendy Hiller) sitting watchfully by the deathbed of her husband. Tended by her equally aged French maid Genoux (Eileen Way), who has served her faithfully for a lifetime, Lady Slane deals with a succession of advice from her large flock of middle-aged children. The family is chagrined by, but honors, her choice to live a modest country retirement at some distance, in Hampstead Heath. Lady Slane competently comes to terms to lease and restore a crumbling house, aided by an aging land agent Gervase Bucktrout (Maurice Denham). Once settled, an acquaintance from 50 years past, Mr. Fitzgeorge (Harry Andrews), visits the cottage to rekindle memories of their brief, deep, but unfulfilled brush as soul-mates in colonial India when Lady Slane was a devoted young wife and mother. Great-granddaughter Deborah (Jane Snowden), who has been trapped by a socially desirable but passionless engagement, regularly visits to confide and seek wisdom.

Main Cast

Wendy Hiller

Lady Slane

Age : 90 | Popularity : 8%

Harry Andrews

Mr. Fitzgeorge

Age : 77 | Popularity : 16%

Maurice Denham

Gervase Bucktrout

Age : 92 | Popularity : 8%

Phyllis Calvert

Carrie

Age : 87 | Popularity : 6%

Graham Crowden

Herbert

Age : 87 | Popularity : 7%

John Franklyn-Robbins

Kay

Age : 84 | Popularity : 4%

Geoffrey Bayldon

William

Age : 93 | Popularity : 14%

Faith Brook

Lavinia

Age : 90 | Popularity : 7%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Vita Sackville-West Peter Buckman
Directing	Director	Martyn Friend
Production	Producer	Colin Rogers
Sound	Music	Nigel Hess
Department	Role	Name

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