South (1959)
A made-for-television play about an exiled Polish Army lieutenant faced with his darkest secret.
- Date of release
- 1959-11-24
- TMDB
- 1.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Mario Prizek
Casting
- Peter Wyngarde — Lt Jan Wicziewsky
- Graydon Gould — Eric MacClure
- Alan Gifford — Broderick
- John Harrison — Uncle John
- Helena Hughes — Regina
- Karl Lanchbury — Jimmy
- Karal Gardner — Angelina
Interesting facts
"South" is a 1959 British made-for-television play written by Gerald Savory, directed by Mario Prizek, and starring Peter Wyngarde, Graydon Gould, and Helena Hughes. First aired on Play of the Week on 24 November 1959, the production was adapted from Sud, a 1953 play by Julien Green. The British Film Institute has described "South" as the "earliest known gay TV drama" in the United Kingdom.
Production history
A television play is a live drama performance broadcast from the television studio, and they often were not recorded or if they were, they were later wiped. This production was thought to be a lost film, until it was re-discovered in 2013 by curators at the British Film Institute.
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