South Riding (1938)
- Directed by
- Victor Saville
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A new headmistress arrives at a girls' school in a rural English community. She navigates local politics and personal challenges while clashing with a stubborn but principled local landowner.
earnestgroundedmelancholicreflectivesocially-consciousslow-burnunderstatedwistful
What happens
South Riding is a 1938 British drama film directed by Victor Saville and produced by Alexander Korda, starring Edna Best, Ralph Richardson, Edmund Gwenn and Ann Todd. It was the film debut of a 14-year-old Glynis Johns. It is based on the 1936 novel South Riding by Winifred Holtby. The BBC produced a TV adaptation in 2011. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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