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Hungry Hill (1947)

Hungry Hill poster
Directed by
Brian Desmond Hurst
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a drama about the Brodrick family who own a copper mine in 19th-century Ireland. It follows their struggles with poverty, family feuds, and the harsh realities of life over several generations.

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What happens

Hungry Hill is a 1947 British film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Margaret Lockwood, Dennis Price and Cecil Parker with a screenplay by Terence Young and Daphne du Maurier, from the 1943 novel by Daphne du Maurier. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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