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The Romantic Spirit (1982)

The Romantic Spirit poster
Directed by
Daniel Lander
Genre
documentary film, documentary television program
Country
United Kingdom
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a 14-part documentary series about the Romantic movement in Western culture. It covers various themes and topics from that period and is narrated by Anthony Andrews.

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What happens

The Romantic Spirit is a 1982 British documentary television series in 14 episodes about the Romantic movement in Western culture. The series is an Anglo-French-German production presented by R.M. Productions (Film & Television) Ltd. and FR3, devised by Marcel Brion of the Académie Française, with the executive producers being Michèle Arnaud and Theodore Salata. The English-language version, by Landseer Film & Television Productions, London, is written by Carla Heffner, adapted for television by Judy Marle, with the production supervisor being Terri Winders, and introduced and narrated by Anthony Andrews, from the house of John Keats, Hampstead, London. Individual episodes of the series cover sundry Romantic themes and topics. The series was broadcast in North America on the A&E Network from 1985 until 1991. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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