Winstanley

Winstanley (1975)

"England is not a Free People, till the Poor that have no Land, have a free allowance to dig and labour the Commons..." Gerrard Winstanley, 1649

Gerrard Winstanley is the leader of a 17th Century religious group that believes the land should be owned communally. His convictions bring him into conflict with both the state and the church.

Date of release
1975-07-04
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (13)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Drama, History
Director
Kevin Brownlow, Andrew Mollo

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Comrade Jacob

Winstanley is a 1975 British black-and-white film directed by Kevin Brownlow and Andrew Mollo and starring Miles Halliwell and Terry Higgins. It was written by David Caute and Brownlow based on Caute's 1961 novel Comrade Jacob. It was produced by the British Film Institute Production Board, and is about social reformer and writer Gerrard Winstanley.

Production

Armour used was real armour from the 1640s, borrowed from the Tower of London. Real-life activist Sid Rawle played a Ranter (i.e. a member of one or other of several English Revolution-period anarchist-type groups).

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