Project Detail

Dame Flora

Synopsis

It was Flora Wesley's West End stage debut in 1968, in the role of Nina in Chekhov's The Seagull, that launched her to international fame. Thirty years later she is rescued from a hermetic alcoholic existence by an exploitative producer . . .

Details

Year
1999
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
25 mins 30 secs
Format
16mm
Director
Jack Rochon
Producer
The London International Film School
Executive Producer
The London International Film School
Director of Photography
Bjørn Bothun
Principal cast
Julia Foster, Gordon Reid, Finty Williams, Paul Alexander, Henrietta Voights, Jayne Boniface
Film Stock
Kodak, Agfa, Fuji Screen Writer: Jack Rochon

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Production Status

Production Company

The London International Film School 24 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9HP Tel: 020 7240 0168/020 7836 9642 Fax: 020 7497 3718 Email: lifs@dial.pipex.com

Sales Company

as Production Company

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