The Fatal Spring (1980)
'Can you imagine, just try to imagine the numbers of good men who are going to be slaughtered this summer ...' Using a remarkable blend of dramatic techniques, this study of three English poets - who were also three courageous soldiers - gradually develops towards their historical and crucial meeting.
- Date of release
- 1980-11-07
- Director
- Michael Darlow
Casting
- David Sibley — Wilfred Owen
- Charles Dance — Siegfried Sassoon
- Michael Troughton — Robert Graves
- Jeffry Wickham — Dr Brooke
- Edgar Wreford — Dr Rivers
- Kristine Haworth — Susan Owen
- Aubrey Morris — Tom Owen
- Martin Friend — Bertrand Russell
- William Boyde — Evan Morgan
- Gordon Hammersley — Harold Owen
- David Wilkinson — Julian Dadd
- Roger Booth — Major Deans
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