The House of Bernarda Alba

(1991)

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| Film | United Kingdom | Colour | 1h 41min
| Stars: Deborah Findlay, Suzanna Hamilton, Gillian Hanna

A domineering, reclusive and ostentatiously pious widow in a small Spanish town keeps such close watch on her daughters that they are unable to have normal social lives

Cast

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Deborah Findlay
Martirio
Suzanna Hamilton
Amelia
Gillian Hanna
Maid
Patricia Hayes
Maria Josefa
The House of Bernarda Alba (1991) photograph (1) | Glenda Jackson
Glenda Jackson
Bernarda
Julie Legrand
Angustias
Emma Lewis
Young Mourner
Mary Maddox
Magdalena
Emer McCourt
Beggar
Pauline Melville
Prudencia
Photograph of English actress, Joan Plowright (1)
Poncia
Amanda Root
Adela
Ann Heffernan
Mourner
Judy Liebert
Mourner
Stella Richman
Mourner
Elissa Phillips
Child
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How to watch

Cinema screenings

Photograph from The House of Bernarda Alba (1991) (1) featuring Glenda Jackson
25th July at 5.50pm in NFT2
Glenda Jackson is terrifyingly magnificent in this star-studded production.
» Book tickets at the BFI

Pictures

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Photograph from The House of Bernarda Alba (1991) (1) featuring Glenda Jackson

Production

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Stephen Phillips
Producer
Robert David MacDonald
Writer
Federico García Lorca
Writer (play)