Film
The Death of the Heart
United Kingdom- Director
- Peter Hammond
- Year
- 1987
A young orphan girl, Portia, goes to live with her well-to-do aunt and uncle. As she is groomed to become a lady, she is confused by the young man who seems to be courting her. Surrounded by pretentious people who have no clue how to deal with teenagers, she soon loses her naïveté and thinks of running away.
Top cast
Phyllis Calvert
Mrs. Heccomb
JoJo Cole
Portia Quayne
Daniel Chatto
Eddie
Alice Douglas
Clara
Paul Mark Elliott
Cecil
Samantha Gates
Lillian
Meryl Hampton
Phyllis
Robert Hardy
Major Brutt
Nigel Havers
Thomas Quayne
Damaris Hayman
Miss Paullie
Wendy Hiller
Matchett
Patricia Hodge
Anna Quayne
Jonathan Hyde
St. Quentin Miller
Sophie Thompson
Doris
Patrick Pearson
Dickie Heccomb
Miranda Richardson
Daphne Heccomb
Michael Troughton
Bursely
Judith Davis
Waitress
Directed by
Peter Hammond
Written by
Derek Mahon, Elizabeth Bowen
Produced by
June Wyndham-Davies