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Esther Waters (1948)

Esther Waters poster
Directed by
Ian Dalrymple
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 48m
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman becomes a servant in a wealthy household and faces hardship after she is seduced and abandoned. The story follows her struggle to raise her child alone in Victorian England.

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What happens

Esther Waters is a 1948 British drama film directed by Ian Dalrymple and Peter Proud and starring Kathleen Ryan, Dirk Bogarde (first credited film appearance), and Cyril Cusack. It is an adaptation of the 1894 novel Esther Waters by George Moore. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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