Parade's End - 2-Disc Set

Parade's End - 2-Disc Set (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
English ( Subtitles )

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

Running Time:
287 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Behind the scenes
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2012 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Susanna White

Written By:
Ford Madox Ford
Tom Stoppard

Actors:
Benedict Cumberbatch ..... Christopher Tietjens (5 episodes, 2012)
Rebecca Hall ..... Sylvia Tietjens (5 episodes, 2012)
Roger Allam ..... General Campion (5 episodes, 2012)
Adelaide Clemens ..... Valentine Wannop (5 episodes, 2012)
Rupert Everett ..... Mark Tietjens (5 episodes, 2012)
Miranda Richardson ..... Mrs. Wannop (5 episodes, 2012)
Sasha Waddell ..... Glorvina (5 episodes, 2012)
Janet McTeer ..... Mrs. Satterthwaite (4 episodes, 2012)
Clare Higgins ..... Lady Claudine (4 episodes, 2012)
Tom Mison ..... Potty Perowne (4 episodes, 2012)
Stephen Graham ..... Vincent Macmaster (4 episodes, 2012)
Malcolm Sinclair ..... Sandbach (4 episodes, 2012)
Anne-Marie Duff ..... Edith Duchemin (4 episodes, 2012)
Ned Dennehy ..... Father Consett (3 episodes, 2012)
Anna Skellern ..... Bobbie Pelham (3 episodes, 2012)
Lucinda Raikes ..... Hullo Central - Evie (3 episodes, 2012)
Sylvestra Le Touzel ..... Marchant (3 episodes, 2012)
Alan Howard ..... Tietjens Senior (3 episodes, 2012)
Jonathan Coy ..... Bertram (3 episodes, 2012)
Candida Benson ..... Effie (3 episodes, 2012)
Jack Huston ..... Gerald Drake (3 episodes, 2012)
Rufus Sewell ..... Reverend Duchemin (3 episodes, 2012)
Freddie Fox ..... Edward Wannop (3 episodes, 2012)
Patrick Kennedy ..... McKechnie (3 episodes, 2012)

Synopsis:

In the dying days of Edwardian England, English aristocrat Christopher Tietjens finds himself marrying Sylvia, a beautiful but cruel socialite who is pregnant with a child who may or may not be his. Christopher is determined to remain loyal to his wife, but his life is transformed the day he meets Valentine Wannop, a fearless young suffragette. Moving from the glittering yet shallow world of London high society to the trench-scarred battlefields of France, Parade's End is the story of one of the defining eras of the last century; a time when old certainties are being torn down and lives are changed forever.

Story is set against the backdrop of WWI and follows Christopher Tietjens, a top civil servant from a background of wealth and privilege, whose marriage flounders almost as soon as it begins. He falls in love with another woman, but he remains honorable for some considerable time to Sylvia who has several affairs. On top of this, Chris is dealing with shell shock and partial memory loss that he endures during the war.
Season 1
Episode #1.1
S1, Ep1 Aug. 24, 2012
In 1908 civil servant Christopher Tietjens marries the pregnant Sylvia Satterthwaite though the father is probably her married lover Gerald Drake,as Christopher's brother Mark points out. Four years on Sylvia is an unloving mother,disdainful of her husband's liberal views and unfaithful with new admirer Potty Perowne. However Christopher forgives her and has her back for their son's sake though her mother expresses her misgivings. Whilst playing golf with a reactionary M.P. he rescues suffragette Valentine Wannop,who is being pursued by the police. Along with his ...

Episode #1.2
S1, Ep2 Aug. 31, 2012
Sylvia returns to Christopher,largely for the financial security and attends his mother's funeral,where her showy appearance shocks the mourners. Realising she is reviled she goes to a retreat but is soon back in society with another admirer. Christopher develops a friendship with the Wannops,giving Mrs Wannop information about the Balkan situation for her writing,and sending Valentine a Christmas card. Vincent starts to make his name as a writer too and,as her husband gets stranger,Edith leaves him to live with Vincent. She is pregnant and has an abortion after

Episode #1.3
S1, Ep3 Sep. 7, 2012
Despite receiving a white feather for cowardice Vincent becomes a very influential author and marries Edith after Duchemin kills himself in an asylum. They are the subject of gossip and scandal which also,erroneously,involves Christopher,wounded and shell-shocked in a French hospital. Sylvia entertains yet another admirer,her husband's banker Brownlie but defends Christopher against his malicious gossip. Christopher returns home but Sylvia's erstwhile German sympathies and past indiscretions,plus the effect of Brownlie's invidious actions as he refuses to accept ...

Episode #1.4
S1, Ep4 Sep. 14, 2012
Christopher is in Rouen with his godfather General Campion and the unbalanced McKechnie,his job being to kit out fresh troops for the front. His desire to see that the men are humanely treated brings him into conflict with unfeeling superiors such as General O'Hara. Sylvia arrives in Rouen,swearing to Christopher that she has been faithful to him and asking his permission to move,with their son Michael, into the Tietjens family home,Groby. As ever he cannot refuse her. The feud with O'Hara is intensified when Christopher fights with him after O'Hara has accused Sylvia...

Episode #1.5
S1, Ep5 Sep. 21, 2012
1917;- Christopher,McKechnie and Perowne have all been sent to fight in the trenches,surrounded by carnage and madness. When Bill,the commanding officer,suffers a breakdown from stress Christopher replaces him. Back home Valentine,whilst advocating that her fellow teachers read Marie Stopes' 'Married Love',shocks her mother by admitting that she would gladly be Christopher's mistress. Meanwhile Sylvia meets Gerald Drake again,home on leave,and once more has sex with him. As the war ends Christopher returns to Groby but Sylvia's selfish attitude sends him down to ...

Revolves around a love triangle between a conservative English aristocrat, his mean socialite wife and a young suffragette.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 21 October, 2012.