Main Cast: Derek de Lint, Kim Thomson, Denholm Elliott, Bernard Hepton, Kenneth Cranham
Release Year: 1988
Country: US/YU/UK
Run Time: 108 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Based on the novel by Marion Meade, this costume drama retelling of the doomed 12th century romance of Abelard and Heloise was directed by Clive Donner. Abelard (Derek de Lint) is a philosophy professor at the cathedral school of Notre Dame. Considered the greatest teacher in Paris at a time when professors of philosophy are required to be chaste, Abelard is a champion of reason and a man of the people. Despite what it could mean to his career and standing, however, Abelard falls in love with a student, Heloise (Kim Thomson), an upper class teenage girl raised in a convent and possessing an insatiably curious intellect, along with a rebellious attitude toward the second-class status of women in her society. When word of the relationship begins to filter out, Heloise's ambitious uncle Fulbert (Denholm Elliott), who had hoped to marry her off to a wealthy gentlemen, schemes to end the romance, as does the bishop of Paris (Bernard Hepton). ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
Patsy Byrne - Agnes; Rachel Kempson - Prioress; Mark Jax - Jourdain; Tim Watson - Francois; Angela Pleasence - Sister Cecilia; Cassie Stuart - Petronilla; Philip Locke - Poussin; Victoria Burgoyne - Prostitute; Antonia Cutic - Gerard; Andrew McLean - Gerard; Thomas Lockyer - Thomas; Mark Audley - Luke; Kai Dominic - Paul; Slavica Maras - Marie Duroc; Miki Hewitt - Sister Claire; Yvonne Bryceland - Baroness Lamarck; Vjenceslav Kapural - Baron Lamarck; Ivo Husnjak - Gaston Lamarck; Jeremy Hawk - Ancient Priest; Moniek Kramer - Jeanne; Drago Mitrovic - Priest; Diana Belinic - Girl in Street; Davor Fejzagic - Boy in Street; Zvonimir Ferencic - Bishop; Eugen Marcelic - Astralabe; Lela Simecki - Sister Therese
Credit
Dusko Jericevic - Art Director, Andros Epaminondas - Co-producer, Simon MacCorkindale - Co-producer, Phyllis Dalton - Costume Designer, Clive Donner - Director, Michael Ellis - Editor, Susan George - Executive Producer, Nick Bicat - Composer (Music Score), Paul Engelen - Makeup, Voytek Roman - Production Designer, Mikael Salomon - Cinematographer, Susan George - Producer, Maria Djurkovic - Set Designer, Willy Neuner - Special Effects, Peter Buntic - Stunts, Chris Bryant - Screenwriter, Marion Meade - Book Author
