The Devil's Whore (2008)

The Devil's Whore (2008) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( DTS-HD Master Audio )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
200 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2008 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Martine Brant
Peter Flannery

Written By:
Martine Brant
Peter Flannery

Actors:
Andrea Riseborough ..... Angelica Fanshawe
Dominic West ..... Oliver Cromwell
John Simm ..... Edward Sexby
Tom Goodman-Hill ..... John Lilburne
Tim McInnerny ..... Joliffe (3 episodes, 2008)
Peter Capaldi ..... King Charles I
Michael Fassbender ..... Thomas Rainsborough
Rob van Vuuren ..... The Devil (3 episodes, 2008)
Maxine Peake ..... Elizabeth Lilburne (3 episodes, 2008)
Adrian Schiller ..... John Thurloe / ... (2 episodes, 2008)
Peter Terry ..... Commons Speaker

Synopsis:

The combination of a strange title and the English Civil War subject matter might not get everyone's lips smacking with glee. And that would be a shame, because The Devil's Whore is a treat, an intelligent, richly textured labour of love from writers/creators Peter Flannery and Martine Brant. Andrea Riseborough - so good as a Margaret Thatcher in The Long Walk to Finchley - shines as Angelica Fanshawe, a young woman abandoned as a child by her fanatical mother and haunted by apparitions of the devil ever since. Marrying into aristocracy, Angelica is pitched headlong into a divided Britain. Cromwell (an impressive Dominic West) and the Roundheads are dismantling the social and political order, while Charles I (Peter Capaldi) clings to the throne. Angelica's life is disrupted, and not least by the enigmatic mercenary, Edward Sexby (John Simm).

Series 1 Summary
Created and written by Martine Brant and Bafta-winning playwright Peter Flannery, The Devil's Whore tells the epic story of the English Civil War through the eyes of Angelica Fanshawe, a spirited aristocratic woman who is drawn to the anti-monarchist cause at a time when England dared to execute its King and search for an alternative means of government.
Episode 1
First in a four-part drama telling the story of the English Civil War through the eyes of a spirited aristocratic woman. Angelica is born in 1623, when England is divided both politically and religiously, a time when political disobedience turned to revolution and civil war, and English history changed forever. It is the start of a road that will change inexorably not only Angelica's life, but all of those with whom she comes into contact, including the most important figures of this tumultuous time.
Episode 2
The people of the besieged city of Oxford, Angelica among them, are in a desperate situation. Devastated by the King's brutal betrayal, Angelica has been cast out of court, and finds herself destitute and starving. Meanwhile, divisions are beginning to split the Parliamentarians. Even Thomas Rainsborough and Oliver Cromwell are at odds on what to do with King Charles I. And John Lilburne vehemently attacks self-serving Parliamentarians profiting from the war.
Episode 3
The country is in shock and divided as Oliver Cromwell puts the King on trial for treason and becomes the first head of the Republican Government. With Rainsborough no longer able to protect Angelica, Joliffe plots his revenge. Mourning her murdered husband, Angelica finds herself standing on the gallows facing her execution on the same day as the King, only to be taunted by Joliffe for being alone in her dying hour. Meanwhile the free thinking John Lilburne is once again put on trial for his life, but this time by his fellow revolutionaries.
Episode 4
Sexby is arrested and exiled after he refuses to fight for Cromwell. Angelica is distraught, but agrees to honour Sexby's departing wish and settle her debt with her enemy Joliffe. Elizabeth says a final farewell to Lilburne. Sexby returns to England under disguise, convinced that Cromwell was responsible for the murder of Rainsborough, and hatches a suicidal scheme to assassinate him on the day of his coronation.

Four part drama that follows the trials and tribulations of the aristocratic Angelica. Born in 1623 at a time when England is divided both by politics and religion, Angelica's life becomes intrinsically linked to the events that surround her, most notably the English Civil War.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 19 October, 2013.

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