Orpheus Descending (1990)
Val Xavier is a drifter in 1940's Mississippi who brings new life to an Italian immigrant woman trapped in a loveless marriage.
- Date of release
- 1990-06-01
- TMDB
- 4.6 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Genres
- TV Movie, Romance, Drama
- Director
- Peter Hall
Casting
- Vanessa Redgrave — Lady Torrance
- Kevin Anderson — Val Xavier
- Miriam Margolyes — Vee Talbot
- Brad Sullivan — Jabe Torrance
- Michael Emerson — Clown
- Patti Allison — Dolly Hamma
- Sloane Shelton — Beulah
- Manning Redwood — Talbot
- Pat McNamara — Pee Wee
- Anne Twomey — Carol Cutrere
- Marcia Lewis — Nurse Potter
- Marlene Cameron — Eva Temple
Interesting facts
Orpheus Descending is a 1990 American television film starring Vanessa Redgrave and directed by Peter Hall. It is an adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play of the same name. Hall had directed Redgrave in an acclaimed Broadway production of the play a year earlier. The stage actors such as Redgrave, Kevin Anderson and Brad Sullivan reprised their roles for the film.
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